Tapeworms, also know as cestodes, cause disease when the adult worms inhabit the digestive tract or when their larva cause cysts in body organs.
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- eMedicine: Neurocysticercosis Article by Mohammed J Zafar, MD, FAAN.
- 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.
- NHS Choices: Tapeworm Infections Provides information on these parasites that can live in the bowel. Includes details of symptoms, causes, diagnosis, treatment, complications and prevention.
- Universität Zürich: Institut für Parasitologie Research network on the epidemiology of Echinococcosis caused by Echinococcus granulosus and Echinococcus multilocularis in Asia.
- Medmicro: Cestodes Medical and scientific information on tapeworms and the diseases they cause.
- CDC: Cysticercosis Fact sheets and articles on this disease caused by tapeworms.
- Alveolar Hydatid Disease - CDC Includes factsheets on the organism and the disease it causes, news releases, and reports.
- Bad Bug Book: Diphyllobothrium spp. Features cause, symptoms, diagnosis, complications, associated foods, target populations and outbreaks.
- Diphyllobothriasis - CDC DPDx Factsheet with causal agents, life cycle, geographic distribution, laboratory diagnosis, and treatment.
- Hymenolepiasis - CDC DPDx Factsheet with causal agents, life cycle, geographic distribution, laboratory diagnosis, and treatment.
- MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Taeniasis Features cause, risk factors, symptoms, tests, treatment, complications, and prevention.