The diversified modes of survival are the outcome of the struggle for existence which necessitates the exploration of various habitats resulting in the exploitation of the available resources. Parasitism is one such mode of survival and Cestode helminths are one such class of parasites which have adapted to virtually every tissue, organ and space in the body of both vertebrates and invertebrate...

Cysticercosis is a systemic helminthic infection endemic in India, caused by larva of cestode Taenia solium. It has variety of clinical features depending upon the site involved, most common sites being brain, subcutaneous tissue and skeletal muscles. It can be diagnosed by variety of diagnostic modalities like radiology, cytology and histopathology. Fine needle aspiration cytology is the prefe...

Modern anthelmintic use in horses has decreased the prevalence of the large strongyles, which has in turn shifted the focus of parasitologists to the pathogenic importance of the small strongyles, tapeworms, and other parasites. These studies show that a combination product containing ivermectin and praziquantel allowed efficacious treatment of horses for nematode, cestode, and bot infections. ...

Here I review the current status of geographical occurrence and public health significance of echinococcosis (Echinococcus spp. infections) and cysticercosis (Taenia solium infection) with special emphasis on the remarkable technologic progress achieved in recent decades that has led to greater understanding of the biology and epidemiology of these cestode infections. The greatest remaining cha...

A 72-year-old Filipino man who had emigrated to Canada had an abdominal infection with a proliferating acephalic larval cestode. Small, irregularly shaped parasites were within the substance of a lymph node, where they provoked a fibrogranulomatous and eosinophilic reaction. The parasite is described and is identified as an undifferentiated sparganum or tetrahyridium based upon comparison with ...

Bacillus thuringiensis is a gram-positive soil-dwelling bacterium that is commonly used as a biological pesticide. This bacterium may also be used for biological control of helminth parasites in domestic animals. In this study, we evaluated the possible ovicidal and cestocidal effects of a total protein extract of B. thuringiensis native strains on the zoonotic cestode parasite of dogs, Dipylid...

We analyzed 320 clinical samples of parasitic infections submitted to the Department of Environmental Biology and Medical Parasitology, Hanyang University from January 2004 to June 2011. They consisted of 211 nematode infections, 64 trematode or cestode infections, 32 protozoan infections, and 13 infections with arthropods. The nematode infections included 67 cases of trichuriasis, 62 of anisak...

Small ruminants are a major source of cash for many rural populations, especially in semi-arid and arid regions of developing countries. Extensively managed animals often host gastrointestinal parasites, and even chronic infestations lead to economic losses. We evaluated the prevalence of gastrointestinal helminths in sheep and goats of the Cholistan desert, Pakistan, where livestock is the bac...

The caryophyllidean tapeworm Atractolytocestus huronensis Anthony, 1958, originally described from the common carp Cyprinus carpio carpio L. from North America, has recently been introduced into Europe (UK, Hungary). In the present study, the dispersion of the tapeworm in other countries of Central Europe (Slovakia and the Czech Republic) is described, including its first observation in the com...