Cestodes (tapeworms)

Question 1

Taenia saginata

Answer 1

beef tapeworm

Question 2

Diphyllobothrium latum

Answer 2

• fish tapeworm
• from eating raw or undercooked fish from freshwater sources

Question 3

Hymenolepis nana

Answer 3

• dwarf tapeworm
• the most common tapeworm in the US and doesn’t require an intermediate host (found worldwide)
• diagnosed from egg

Question 4

Echinococcus granulosus

Answer 4

• causes hydatid cyst disease
• rupture of a cyst (often in the liver) can lead to anaphylactic shock

Question 5

Taenia solium

Answer 5

pork tapeworm