Tapeworms

See also:

• Health: Conditions and Diseases: Food and Water Borne  (106)
• Health: Conditions and Diseases: Infectious Diseases: Zoonoses  (33)

Alveolar Hydatid Disease - CDC Division of Parasitic Diseases - - Includes factsheets on the organism and the disease it causes, news releases, and reports.

CDC: Division of Parasitic Diseases - Cysticercosis - - Fact sheets and articles on this disease caused by tapeworms.

Diphyllobothriasis - CDC DPDx - - Factsheet with causal agents, life cycle, geographic distribution, laboratory diagnosis, and treatment.

Diphyllobothrium latum - - The fish tapeworm. Includes life cycle and images.

Diphyllobothrium latum - - Discusses the life cycle, pathology caused by the tapeworm, control, and treatment.

Diphyllobothrium spp. :Bad Bug Book - - Features cause, symptoms, diagnosis, complications, associated foods, target populations, and outbreaks.

Echinococcosis - - Factsheet with distribution, clinical findings, treatment, and prevention.

Echintas - - Research network on the epidemiology of Echinococcosis caused by Echinococcus granulosus and Echinococcus multilocularis in Asi.

eMedicine - Cystic Echinococcosis - - Article by Enrico Brunetti, MD.

eMedicine - Cysticercosis - - Article by Thomas P Giordano, MD.

eMedicine - Cysticercosis - - Article by Ryan Tenzer, MD.

eMedicine - Diphyllobothriasis - - Article by Derek Linklater, MD.

eMedicine - Diphyllobothrium Latum Infection - - Article by Alia Rai, MD.

eMedicine - Echinococcosis - - Article by Dominique A Vuitton, MD, PhD.

eMedicine - Hydatid Cysts - - Article by Imad S Dandan, MD.

eMedicine - Tapeworm Infestation - - Article by Raquel Mora, MD.

Hydatid Cyst - - Case reports on the disease with images from the Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.

Hymenolepiasis - CDC DPDx - - Factsheet with causal agents, life cycle, geographic distribution, laboratory diagnosis, and treatment.

Medmicro: Cestodes - - Medical and scientific information on the organisms and the diseases they cause.

Neurocysticercosis - - Description and links to what the government and doctors have to say about it.

Taeniasis: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia - - Features cause, risk factors, symptoms, tests, treatment, complications, and prevention.