Cestoda

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Noun1.Cestoda - tapeworms
helminth, parasitic worm - worm that is parasitic on the intestines of vertebrates especially roundworms and tapeworms and flukes
cestode, tapeworm - ribbonlike flatworms that are parasitic in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates
family Taeniidae, Taeniidae - a family of Cestoda
class - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
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La ivermectina (IVM) es un antiparasitario de amplio espectro, eficaz contra una gran variedad de nematodes y ectoparasitos, pero sin accion contra cestodes ni trematodes.
The increase in the lamina propia of the intestine has been similarly described for the teleost's intestinal epithelia affected by trematodes or cestodes and in salmonids infested with acanthocephalan parasites (Dezfuli & Giari, 2008).
nihonkaiense tapeworm, the following rare and autochthonous cestodes have been sporadically reported in humans in Japan: Diphyllobothrium stemmacephalum (36), Adenocephalus pacificus (37), Dip.
Distribution and genetic variation of hymenolepidid cestodes in murid rodents on the Canary Islands (Spain).
Parasites of freeranging birds included ascarids (Ascaridia species, Porrocaecum species, and other morphotypes), capillarids, oxyurids, strongyles (Syngamus species and other morphotypes), cestodes (Choanotaenia species, Hymenolepis species, and other morphotypes), a trematode, and protozoans (Eimeria species, Isospora species, Entamoeba species).
These two cestodes remain the most common intestinal parasitic pathogens in the studied population.
niloticus fish (n=20) obtained from Lake Tinike, cestodes were observed in the small intestine of 15% of the fish.
Testing for parasites, including amoeba, round worms (Ascaris lumbricoides), Cestodes (tapeworms, including fish tapeworms), Toxoplasma gondii (cat feces parasites), Babesia (one co-infection of Lyme), pork tapeworm (Taenia solium), pinworms with rectal itching (Enterobius vermicularis) and scores of others are worth seeking and treating in our patients.
Del total de 42 murcielagos, 33 se encontraron parasitados con al menos una especie de helminto, y el grupo mas representado en ambos sitios fue el de los trematodes, seguido por los nematodes y los cestodes unicamente en Manso.
The results indicate that these proteins share cross-reacting epitopes between the taeniid cestodes and strongyle nematodes.
The prevalence percentages of nematodes, trematodes and cestodes was 17.46, 4.78 and 1.34%, respectively.