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Cestoda

Medical Definition:	A subclass of segmented worms comprising the tapeworms.
Guide Notes:	GEN; IM; infection = CESTODE INFECTIONS; /drug eff: consider also ANTICESTODAL AGENTS; for antigens, coord with ANTIGENS, HELMINTH, for antibodies, coord with ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH
Also Called:	Raillietina

Cestoda Categories.

	Diphyllobothrium - A genus of tapeworm containing several species which occurs in the intestine of fish, birds, and mammals including man. Infection in humans is usually by eating uncooked fish. The larval stage is known as SPARGANUM.
	Echinococcus
	Hymenolepis - A genus of small tapeworms of birds and mammals.
	Mesocestoides - A genus of tapeworm, containing several species, found as adults in birds and mammals. The larvae or cysticercoid stage develop in invertebrates. Human infection has been reported and is probably acquired from eating inadequately cooked meat of animals infected with the second larval stage known as the tetrahythridium.
	Spirometra - A genus of tapeworms of the family Diphyllobothriidae, which are parasites of fish-eating cats, dogs, and birds. Infection in man is caused by eating undercooked fish. The larval form is called SPARGANUM.
	Taenia - A genus of large tapeworms.

Cestoda Medical Definitions and Terms

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