Cestodes
From IDWiki
Organism | Intermediate hosts | Distribution | Notes |
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Pseudophyllideans | |||
Diphyllobothrium latum | Cyclops or Diaptomus microcrustacean followed by freshwater fish | Scandinavia (related to smoked/pickled fish), Siberia, Russia, Japan, Chile, and Uganda | largest human tapeworm, up to 10 m |
Spirometra | |||
Sparganum | |||
Intestinal Cyclophyllideans | |||
Dipylidium caninum | |||
Hymenolepis diminuta | |||
Hymenolepis nana | none; only in humans | ||
Taenia saginata | cows | worldwide, highest in Africa and Asia | |
Taenia solium | pigs (and humans) | worldwide, highest in Mexico, Central/South America, Southwest Asia, and Africa | humans are intermediate (cysticercosis) and definitive (taeniasis) hosts |
Tissue Cyclophyllideans | |||
Echinococcus granulosus | herbivores (sheep, goats, cattle, camels, and cervids) | ||
Echinococcus multilocularis | |||
Taenia solium | pigs (and humans) | worldwide, highest in Mexico, Central/South America, Southwest Asia, and Africa | |
Taenia multiceps | |||
Taenia serialis |