Taenia crassiceps

Taenia crassiceps
	Larvae of Taenia crassiceps
Systematics
Class :	Tapeworms (Cestoda)
Subclass :	True tapeworms (Eucestoda)
Order :	Cyclophyllidea
Family :	Taeniidae
Genre :	Taenia
Type :	Taenia crassiceps
Scientific name
	Taenia crassiceps
	( Cedar , 1800) ( Rudolphi , 1810)

Taenia crassiceps is a representative of the real tapeworms . The final hosts are foxes and coyotes , rarely dogs and very rarely cats .

Rodents and rabbits serve as intermediate hosts . The Finn stage ( Cysticercus longicollis ) multiplies asexually in the internal organs of the intermediate host through external sprouting. Cysticercus longicollis can also occur in immunocompromised people. Finn stages in the brain with central nervous symptoms have also been observed in cats.

literature

M. Kitaoka et al .: Development and sexual maturation of Taenia crassiceps (Cestoda) in the golden hamster. In: The Journal of parasitology. Vol. 76, No. 3, 1990, pp. 399-402, PMID 2352070 .

Individual evidence

↑ H. Maillard et al .: Taenia crassiceps cysticercosis and AIDS. In: AIDS. Volume 12, No. 12, 20 August 1998, pp. 1551-1552 ( full text ).
↑ A. Wunschmann et al .: Cerebral cysticercosis by Taenia crassiceps in a domestic cat. In: Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation. Volume 15, No. 5, September 2003, pp. 484-488.

[1] H. Maillard et al .: Taenia crassiceps cysticercosis and AIDS. In: AIDS. Volume 12, No. 12, 20 August 1998, pp. 1551-1552 ( full text ).

[2] A. Wunschmann et al .: Cerebral cysticercosis by Taenia crassiceps in a domestic cat. In: Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation. Volume 15, No. 5, September 2003, pp. 484-488.