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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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Neurocysticercosis - Comprehensive information on the most common parasitic disease of the central nervous system caused by the larval form of the tapeworm Taenia solium. 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.
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