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Taenia sagnita - beef tape worm - Coggle Diagram
Taenia sagnita - beef tape worm
Morphology
Head - scolex, neck, body - strobila
4-6 months or more
neck is long
1000-2000 segments (proglottids)
suckers
scolex - 4 suckers (pigmented), quardrate
gravit
Egg
shape - spherical
outer layer is called embryosphere
inner layer is called oncosphere - hexanth embryo
3 pairs hooklets
31 - 43um in diameter
brown colour
Life cycle
pathogenicity
adult worms in small intestine
vague abdominal discomfort
cysticercous cellulosae
Lab diagnosis
Direct smear
biopsy
x-ray
ct scan
iha, ifa elisa
Treatment
Praziquantel
Niclosamide
