A Description of Tapeworm Infestation (470 words, 3 pages)
Tapeworm InfestationCharlotte CoxCausative agent Tapeworms are parasitic Helmiths of the Phylum Platyhelminthes(Flatworms) and Class Cestodes. They include Taenia saginata (beeftapeworm), Taenia solium (pork tapeworm) and Diphyllobothrium latum andEchinococcus granulosus .Anatomy Scolex (head) with suckers, sometimes hooks. Proglottids -bodysegments continuously produced by the scolex which contain both testes andovaries that mature ...
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