PARA LEC: CESTODES 2

• TAENIA SOLIUM AND TAENIA SAGINATA
• TAENIA SOLIUM
• Common Name?
• Mode of transmission?
• Infective stage?
• IH: ?
• DH: ?
• Pork Tapeworm/Hook Tapeworm
• Ingestion of embryonated egg (human cysticercosis) / ingestion of “measly pork”
• Infective stage: Cysticercus cellulosae
• IH: Pig or Swine, Human
• DH: Human
• TAENIA SOLIUM: PATHOLOGY
• Taeniasis (solium)- infection of humans with the adult pork tapeworm
• Ingestion of raw, insufficiently cooked pork containing cysticercus cellulosae
• Man: definitive host
• Human Cysticercosis- refers to infection of human with the larval stage of the parasite
• Ingestion of eggs of T. solium
• Man: intermediate host
• TAENIA SOLIUM: DIAGNOSIS
• Fecalysis or Scotch Tape Swab: Taenia eggs
• Species differentiation: examination of gravid segment between 2 slides
• Definitive Diagnosis: examining biopsy material from cysts
• TAENIA SOLIUM: TREATMENT
• Treatment, Prevention and Control
• Drugs of Choice
• Praziquantel 10-20 mg/kg single dose
• Taeniasis Prevention
• Avoid eating raw pork
• Proper excreta disposal
• Cysticercosis Prevention
• Good personal hygiene
• Avoid niclosamide and dichlorphen - disintegration of gravid segments and can release more eggs.
• TAENIA SAGINATA
• Beef Tapeworm/Hookless Tapeworm
• Eating of insufficiently cooked beef
• Infective stage: Cysticercus bovis
• IH: Cattle (Cow)
• TAENIA SAGINATA: PATHOLOGY
• Taeniasis (saginata)- infection of humans with the adult pork tapeworm