Micro 76: Cestodes
This episode examines cestodes, or tapeworms - segmented flatworms characterised by a scolex for attachment and chains of proglottids. Drawing from Murray’s Chapter 76, it explores both intestinal colonisation and tissue-invasive larval disease.
Cestodes consist of:
* Scolex - head with hooks or suckers
* Proglottids - reproductive segments
* Eggs and larvae - capable of tissue invasion
Two major disease patterns emerge:
* Intestinal tapeworm infection (e.g., Taenia saginata) - often mild, sometimes asymptomatic
* Tissue cystic disease (e.g., Taenia solium cysticercosis, Echinococcus hydatid…
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