Authors
Citation
Pm. Schantz, TAPEWORMS (CESTODIASIS), Gastroenterology clinics of North America, 25(3), 1996, pp. 637
Citations number
52
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Journal title
ISSN journal
08898553
Volume
25
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Database
ISI
SICI code
0889-8553(1996)25:3<637:T(>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
Nearly all of the cestodes, or tapeworms (class Cestoda in the phylum
Platyhelminthes, the flatworms), are parasitic as adults in the intest
inal tract of vertebrates. This article discusses the epidemiology, di
agnosis, and treatment of taeniasis, diphyllobothriasis, hymenolepiasi
s, dipylidiasis, and other tapeworm infections.