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Causative agent: Tapeworms are parasitic Helmiths of the Phylum Platyhelminthes (Flatworms) and Class Cestodes. They include Taenia saginata (beef tapeworm), Taenia solium (pork tapeworm) and Diphyllobothrium latum and Echinococcus granulosus . Anatomy: Scolex (head) with suckers, sometimes hooks. Proglottids -bod ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... into cysticerci (5 mm. - 8 in.). D. latum larvae that infect people are called plerocercoids. Depending on location and number of cysticerci, pathology can result. Ex: Cysticerosis- (Taenia genus): eyes - blindness; spinal chord - paralysis; brain - neurocysticerosis with similar symptoms to brain tumor, causing traumatic neurological damage. Persons of Sandinavian heritage are susceptible. Diphyllobothriasis - (D. latum): Abdominal distention, flatulence, cramping, diarrhea and sometimes anemia parasite has ....