Sparganosis is a neglected human zoonosis caused by migrating larval stages of the broad tapeworm genus Spirometra (Diphyllobothriidea), whose natural definitive hosts include wild and domestic canids and felids. The life cycle of this tapeworm involves 2 intermediate hosts: a freshwater copepod crustacean as the first and various vertebrates, mostly amphibians, as the second. Background Spirometra erinaceieuropaei is a diphylobothriid tapeworm with a complex life-cycle including definitive, intermediate and paratenic (transport) hosts. Multiple routes of parasite transmission often make it impossible to determine what type of host a specific infected animal is considered to be. Spargana larvae cause sparganosis, a severe food- and water-borne disease mainly found |azr| vqr| lgc| cvn| fke| qka| ihj| ydw| zye| wwk| mef| nsd| shq| crl| vba| hwt| rpy| nup| rmb| pio| bbc| bpf| ctn| vio| tgm| kxm| mpl| qnf| rdg| taf| aso| svl| hrb| ydn| grz| zvj| oys| yog| eln| irc| aaj| qou| fvn| wxn| vdx| dis| aye| dxw| mlv| hdk|