Species Infective stage Primary IH Infective stage Secondary IH Infective stage for Diagnostic stage Reservoir Mode of Final

tage Reservoir Mode of Final Habitat

for Primary for Secondary Definitive Host Host/ transmission
Intermediate IH Definitive
Host (IH) Host
1.Diphyllobothrium Coracidium from Copepod Procercoid Fish Plerocercoid Unembryonated Humans, fish- Ingestion Small intestine
latum eggs eggs in feces eating or intestinal
mammals, mucousa
frogs
2. Dipylidium caninum Egg/egg capsule, Flea larva in None None Cysticercoid Proglottid Man and Ingestion Small intestine
(oncosphere- dogs/cats reservoir-
embryo that has cats and dogs
six hooks and is
the earliest
differentiated
stage)

3. Hymenolepis nana egg Fleas and beetles None None Cysticercoid Embryonated Humans, Ingestion Small intestine
(the oncosphere eggs in feces mice and rats
penetrates the villus
where it become a
cercocystis)

4. Hymenolepis egg Flour/grain beetle, None None Cysticercoid Eggs passed in Man, rat Ingestion Small intestine
diminuta myriapods, feces
cockroaches, fleas,
lepidopterans

5. Echinococcus egg Sheep, goat, None None Embryonated eggs in Hydatid cyst in Canines Ingestion of Small intestine
granulosus camel, hog, ox, feces liver, lungs, etc. dog feces in dogs, liver in
and man man
6. Taenia solium Eggs in gravid Swine-with a habit None None Cysticercus cellulosa Eggs or gravid Man Ingestion of egg Small intestine
proglottids of eating human proglottids in and
feces feces consumption of
(coprophagy) infected pork

7. Taenia saginata Eggs in gravid Cattle None None No cysticercus in man, Eggs or gravid Man Ingestion of egg Small intestine
proglottids but with cysticercus proglottids in and
bovis- larval stage feces consumption of
infected
CESTODES JUTIZ, FRANCE LOUIE R.