1. Tapeworms
(Cestodes)

2. Common Tapeworm Infections
DISEASE
TRANSMISSION
OF INFECTION
LOCATION OF ADULT
IN HUMANS
LOCATION
OF LARVA
CLINICAL PICTURE
LAB.
DIAGNOSIS
Taenia saginata
taeniasis
ingestion of larva in undercooked
beef
Small
Intestine
not present
vague digestive disturbances
eggs or
proglottids
in stools
Taenia solium-
ADULT
pork
LARVA
(cysticercus cellulosae)
Cysticercosis
ingestion of egg
not present (except in
autoinfection:
,small intestine)
sub-cutaneous
muscles
brain,eyes
depending on
locality:
from none to
epilepsy
X -ray,CT,MRI
Serology
Hymenolepis nana
hymenolepiais
Intestinal
Villi
Enteritis
diarrhoea
eggs in
stools
Echinochoccus
granulosus
hydatid disease
Liver, lungs,
Bones etc
locality
X-ray,CT,US
Hydatid sand
TAPEWORM

3. Life cycle of Taenia saginata

4. Life cycle of
Taenia saginata

5. Taenia saginata

6. Life cycle of
Taenia solium

7. Taenia solium

8. Hymenolepis nana

10. Hymenolepis nana

11. Life cycle of Echinococcus granulosus

12. Life cycle of
Echinococcus granulosus

13. Life cycle of Echinococcus granulosus

14. Location of hydatid cyst
Echinococcus granulosus

15. Life cycle of
Echinococcus granulosus

16. Adult Echinococcus granulosus

17. Adult Echinococcus granulosus

19. Hydatid cyst

20. Egg of Echinococcus granulosus
Hydatid cyst

21. Hydatid cysts

22. Hydatid cyst

23. Hydatid cysts

24. Hydatid cyst

26. Hydatid cyst

29. Treatment of Tapeworms
Intestinal stages: Praziquantel
Tissue stages ( Hydatid , cysticersosis):
Depends on clinical condition : Surgical and/or Albendazole