Cestodoses adultes

Tape worms are hermaphroditic flatworm parasites, which can live in the human intestinal tract. They have specific heteroxene cycles and are clinically mild. Among these the most frequent are the Taenia saginata and the Taenia solium. Only the latter may lead to morbidity by a larval tapeworm infection: cysticercosis (dealt in a specific chapter: Larval tapeworms infection).