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|[[Diphyllobothrium latum]]
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|Scandinavia (related to smoked/pickled fish), Siberia, Russia, Japan, Chile, and Uganda
|Scandinavia (related to smoked/pickled fish), Siberia, Russia, Japan, Chile, and Uganda
|largest human tapeworm, up to 10 m
|largest human tapeworm, up to 10 m
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|[[Dipylidium caninum]]
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|[[Hymenolepis diminuta]]
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|[[Hymenolepis nana]]
|[[Hymenolepis nana]]
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|worldwide, highest in Mexico, Central/South America, Southwest Asia, and Africa
|worldwide, highest in Mexico, Central/South America, Southwest Asia, and Africa
|humans are intermediate (cysticercosis) and definitive (taeniasis) hosts
|humans are intermediate (cysticercosis) and definitive (taeniasis) hosts
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|[[Echinococcus granulosus]]
|herbivores (sheep, goats, cattle, camels, and cervids)
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|[[Echinococcus multilocularis]]
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|[[Taenia solium]]
|pigs (and humans)
|worldwide, highest in Mexico, Central/South America, Southwest Asia, and Africa
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|[[Taenia multiceps]]
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[[Category:Infectious diseases]]
[[Category:Infectious diseases]]

Revision as of 00:50, 12 August 2020

Organism Intermediate hosts Distribution Notes
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 species
Sparganum species
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