Cestodes
From IDWiki
Organism | Intermediate hosts | Distribution |
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Diphyllobothrium latum | Cyclops or Diaptomus microcrustacean followed by freshwater fish | Scandinavia (related to smoked/pickled fish), Siberia, Russia, Japan, Chile, and Uganda |
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 |