tapeworms Flashcards
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Diphyllobothrium latum or Dibothriocephalus latus
COMMON NAME
Broad or Fish Tapeworm
Diphyllobothrium latum or Dibothriocephalus latus
FH
Man (Dogs-resorvoir)
Diphyllobothrium latum or Dibothriocephalus latus
HABITAT
Small Intestine (Ileum)
Diphyllobothrium latum or Dibothriocephalus latus
1ST IH
Copepods
Diphyllobothrium latum or Dibothriocephalus latus
2ND IH
Freshwater fish (salmon, trout, pike, ruff, etc.)
Larger predator fish (paratenic)
Diphyllobothrium latum or Dibothriocephalus latus
INFECTIVE STAGE
Plerocercoid larva
Diphyllobothrium latum or Dibothriocephalus latus
Scolex
- Almond-shaped
- 2 long prominent sucking grooves/organ
Diphyllobothrium latum or Dibothriocephalus latus
MOT
Ingestion of raw, undercooked or pickled freshwater fish
Diphyllobothrium latum or Dibothriocephalus latus
Proglottids
Wider than long (10-20 mm wide)
Diphyllobothrium latum or Dibothriocephalus latus
Mature proglottid
- “rosette” uterus
- presence of bilobed ovaries
Diphyllobothrium latum or Dibothriocephalus latus
Egg
- Operculated
- The eggs of D. latum are smaller and more symmetrical than P. westermani
Diphyllobothrium latum or Dibothriocephalus latus
Embryonation
8-12 days
Diphyllobothrium latum or Dibothriocephalus latus
Epidemiology
Northern Temperate Areas
Scandinavia, Finland, Japan, Europe, Chile and North America
Diphyllobothrium latum or Dibothriocephalus latus
Treatment
Praziquantel
Taenia solium
COMMON NAME
Pork Tapeworm
Taenia solium
FH
Man
Taenia solium
HABITAT
Small Intestine
Taenia solium
1ST IH
Pigs, Humans (developed Cysticercosis)
Taenia solium
INFECTIVE STAGE
- Cysticercus cellulosae (armed)
- Embryonated egg (if Cysticercosis)
Taenia solium
Scolex
- Globular (4 cup shaped suckers)
- Armed Rostellum (Has 2 rows of approx. 25-30 hooklets)
- Short Neck
- 2-3 meters or up to 8 meters
Taenia solium
MOT
- Consumption of contaminated undercooked pork (Measly Pork)
- Ingestion of Egg (lead to cysticercosis)
Taenia solium
Proglottids
Square-like or squarish
Taenia solium
Mature proglottid
- Trilobe ovary (2 prominent lobes; 1 small central lobe)
- Uterus is connected to the genital pore.
Taenia solium
Gravid Proglottid
- “finger-like” uterine branches (5-13)
- Longer than wide