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PubMed2003

Cestodes of cestodes of Peruvian freshwater stingrays.

Adult tetraphyllidean tapeworms (Platyhelminthes: Eucestoda) from the spiral intestines of 3 species of potamotrygonid stingrays (Paratrygon aiereba, Potamotrygon castexi, and Portamotrygon motoro) in the Madre de Dios river in Peru were found to host numerous cysts embedded in their parenchymal tissues. Histological sections of the cysts revealed the presence of a scolex bearing 4 suckers and an unarmed apical organ consistent with larval stages of both Cyclophyllidea and Proteocephalidea. To further elucidate their identities, partial 28S ribosomal DNA (rDNA) sequences were characterized from 3 cysts and 4 adult Rhinebothrium spp. 'host' worms and screened against all available cestode 28S rDNA data. Initial BLAST screening and subsequent alignment ruled out the possibility that the cysts were cyclophyllidean, and the cyst and adult sequences were thus aligned together with all available lecanicephalidean, litobothriidean, proteocephalidean, and tetraphyllidean sequences. Sequences from all 3 cysts were identical, and phylogenetic analysis clearly placed them among derived members of the Proteocephalidea, although no exact match was found. Sequences from the adult host worms formed 2 identical pairs and grouped together with other tetraphyllidean species from rays. These results are compared with records of hyperparasites of South American catfish cestodes. This is the first confirmed record of a proteocephalidean cestode parasitizing a tetraphyllidean cestode.

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Hyperparasitism by helminths: new records of cestodes and nematodes in proteocephalid cestodes from South American siluriform fishes.

Proteocephalid cestode hyperparasites are reported from numerous proteocephalids occurring in pimelodid fishes in different regions of Brazil. In addition, three specimens of a nematode hyperparasite are reported from the proteocephalid cestode Choanoscolex abscissus from the pimelodid fish Pseudoplatystoma corruscans in Brazil. Previous records of cestode and nematode hyperparasites of cestodes are listed, and the possible identities of the Brazilian records are discussed.

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PubMed1985

Coracidia agglutination reaction of pseudophyllid cestodes and its application in cestode studies.

The ability of cestode coracidia to agglutinate in homologous antiserum was established. The method of direct agglutination of coracidia (RDAC) in a culture of living larvae is described. The comparison of RDAC results in homologous and heterologous variants shows a dependence of the agglutination pattern on the degree of antiserum homology. By the example of RDAC of the cestodes Diphyllobothrium dentriticum and D. ditremum in polyvalent antisera and in antisera species-specific to D. dendriticum a possibility is shown of using RDAC in studies on species taxonomy of pseudophyllid cestodes.

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PubMed1971

[Hatching And Activation Of Some Cestode Ova: The Effects Of Various Artificial Hatching-Activating Solutions Upon The Some Cestode Ova]

The effects of various digestive enzymes, fresh biles, and bile acids on the hatching and activation of the eggs of Taenia saginata, T. pisiformis, T. solium, Hymenolepis nana, and Moniezia expansa have been investigated. On the basis of the results of the present study author attempted to elucidate the specificity of host-parasite relationships in the tapeworm infections. The results were summarized as follows: 1)In case of the ova of T. saginata, pretreatment with artificial gastric juice before contact of intestinal juice is required to bring the disintegration of the embryophore and activation of the embryo. However the ova of T. solium and T. pisiformis may be disintegrated and activated directly into the artificial intestinal juice without the above pretreatment. Among the digestive enzymes applied in this experiment, trypsin was found most effective on the hatching. 2)No hatching of the ova of H. nana and M. expansa was observed in the above artificial hatching-activating solutions. 3)The fresh biles and bile salts were more effective on the hatching and activation of Taeniid ova than sodium taurocholate and sodium deoxycholate. 4)It is turned out that the digestive enzymes or bile acids in the intermediate hosts may, not apparently be essential factor of determining the specificity of host-parasite relationships.

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[An analysis of the results of clinical trials of praziquantel analogs in intestinal cestode and trematode infections. 1. The treatment of intestinal cestode infections (diphyllobothriasis, taeniasis, hymenolepiasis)].

The studies have demonstrated a high efficacy of prasiquantel in therapy of enteric cestodiases. No differences in the efficacy and tolerance of prasiquantel analogs manufactured by various pharmaceutic firms (azinox, CIS; pikiton, China; biltricide, Bayer, India; cesol, Merk, India; cisticide, Merk India) were detected. Prasiquantel single dose (15 mg/kg) efficacies in diphyllobothriasis, taeniarhynchiasis, and taeniasis made up 91.4, 98.5, and 100%, respectively. In hymenolepiasis the efficacy of a total dose (40 and 50 mg/kg given twice with a 10-day interval) was 88.9%.

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PubMed2002

Diversity and biogeographical relationships of the Australian cestode fauna.

The Australian cestode fauna remains poorly documented with a total of 342 species recorded to date. The best-studied host groups are the elasmobranchs and the marsupials, but even in these groups, only 32 and 25% of known host species, respectively, have been examined for parasites. Overall, cestodes have been reported from only 5% of the known vertebrate species. Representatives of virtually all cestode orders and most of the cyclophyllidean families have been recorded from Australia. In spite of these deficiencies, some biogeographical patterns are discernible. In the elasmobranchs, a significant proportion of the known cestodes is endemic while other associations exist with eastern Pacific and Indo-west Pacific faunas. Also identifiable is a group of cosmopolitan species. The nematotaeniids of amphibians suggest Gondwanan affiliations, while the known proteocephalideans, parasitic in reptiles and amphibians, may represent an Asian invasion. Associations of the avian cestodes represent an unexplored but potentially rewarding avenue of biogeographical study. The cestodes of mammals include families with a Gondwanan distribution (Linstowiidae, Hymenolepididae) as well as those (Anoplocephalidae) with an apparent origin in southeast Asia. In addition, a number of genera of cyclophyllidean cestodes (Anoplotaenia, Dasyurotaenia) occurring in marsupials represent biogeographical challenges, not being accommodated within any of the known cestode families. The Australian cestode fauna therefore provides potentially outstanding opportunities for studies of the biogeographical relationships of a number of cestode groups.

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PubMed2006

Multiple infections: relatedness and time between infections affect the establishment and growth of the cestode Schistocephalus solidus in its stickleback host.

We studied experimental double infections of the cestode Schistocephalus solidus in its stickleback host. In particular, we were interested in how two important components of the cestode's transmission success-establishment and growth within the fish host-were affected by the relatedness of the two parasites in a double exposure and by the timing of the two exposures, that is, whether they occurred simultaneously or sequentially. We found that male sticklebacks more often became infected (singly or doubly) if the two cestodes in the exposures were related, whereas female sticklebacks were more easily infected (singly or doubly) when exposed to two unrelated cestodes. Irrespective of the fish's gender, successful infections more often contained both cestodes when they were related. In sequential exposures with related as well as unrelated cestodes, the cestode in the later exposure survived better and also grew larger than the cestode from the first exposure, despite being one week younger. Our results emphasize that within-host dynamics and factors acting at this level can play an important role in determining a parasite's transmission success.

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PubMed1997

Distinguishing lipid pseudomembranes from larval cestodes by morphologic and histochemical means.

BACKGROUND: Contributors regularly submit specimens to our institute and suggest a diagnosis of cestode infection, but the structures in question are actually lipomembranous changes that produce lipid pseudomembranes. This required a reproducible method to distinguish lipid pseudomembranes from body walls of cestodes. METHODS: We describe and compare the morphologic and histochemical features of specimens from 20 patients. Nine specimens represented lipid pseudomembranes, and 11 represented one of the following five entities: cysticercus, coenurus, sparganum, hydatid of Echinococcus granulosus, or metastatic solid-bodied cyclophyllidean (possibly cysticercoid) larval cestodes. Specimens were stained with hematoxylin-eosin, Gomori's methenamine-silver, and 72-hour oil red O. Nine patients with cestodes, and all with lipid pseudomembranes, presented with subcutaneous lesions. RESULTS: In all specimens, oil red O provided marked contrast between lipid pseudomembranes and surrounding tissue, but focal or minimal contrast between larval cestodes and surrounding tissue. Unlike hematoxylin-eosin, Gomori's methenamine-silver stain produced distinctly different staining patterns in larval cestodes and lipid pseudomembranes. CONCLUSIONS: This technique readily permitted a simple, reproducible, and accurate distinction between lipid pseudomembranes and cestode body walls and distinguished between body walls of different cestodes.

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PubMed2004

Fish host-cestode parasite stable isotope enrichment patterns in marine, estuarine and freshwater fishes from Northern Canada.

Cestode parasites from freshwater (threespine stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus), estuarine (brook charr, Salvelinus fontinalis) and marine (Greenland cod, Gadus ogac) fish from northern Quebec, Canada, were used to investigate the hypotheses that cestode parasites are (13)C and (15)N enriched relative to host food sources, but (15)N depleted with respect to host muscle tissue as a result of differential enrichment during the assimilation of common nutrient sources. Cestode parasites and fish were generally similarly enriched in (13)C with respect to common food sources and, in the case of Greenland cod, cestode parasites were (13)C enriched relative to host tissue. Cestode parasites were also generally (15)N enriched with respect to mean host dietary signatures, but depleted with respect to host muscle tissue. In the case of Greenland cod cestode parasites, no significant (15)N enrichment relative to host dietary signature was observed. Cestode parasites appear generally to experience smaller (15)N enrichment than hosts as a result of trophic transfer of common dietary sources. Differential (15)N enrichment patterns in parasites and fish may be attributed to differences in parasite and host metabolism, particularly the anaerobic and aerobic natures of their respective metabolisms. Results imply that isotope enrichment paradigms developed for the study of aquatic foodwebs cannot be routinely applied to quantitatively assess the role of parasites in aquatic foodwebs and that reference to host muscle tissue measures will not allow accurate characterization of parasite foodweb position. Appropriate reference to assimilated food sources is required to accurately estimate parasite isotopic enrichment patterns and to determine parasite trophic position relative to the host.

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PubMed2006

Red and transparent brine shrimps (Artemia parthenogenetica): a comparative study of their cestode infections.

Although the red colour of brine shrimps has previously been supposed to be associated with cestode parasitism, no evidence has been provided that red and transparent brine shrimps differ in their role for cestode circulation. We compared the cestode infections in 100 red and 100 transparent Artemia parthenogenetica collected from the Odiel salt pans in Spain. Seven cestode species were recorded in red, and only four of them were recorded in transparent brine shrimps. The red brine shrimps were more infected with cysticercoids than transparent individuals (prevalence, 87 vs 21%; mean intensity, 1.56 vs 1.00; mean abundance, 1.35 vs 0.21). Three cestode species (Flamingolepis liguloides, Anomotaenia tringae and Confluaria podicipina) had significantly higher prevalence and mean abundance in red brine shrimps. These results suggest that red brine shrimps have a more important role for the circulation of avian cestodes than transparent individuals of the same population.

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PubMed2003

Vaccination against cestode parasites: anti-helminth vaccines that work and why.

Highly effective recombinant vaccines have been developed against the helminth parasites Taenia ovis, Taenia saginata and Echinococcus granulosus. These vaccines indicate that it is possible to achieve a reliable, high level of protection against a complex metazoan parasite using defined recombinant antigens. However, the effectiveness of the vaccines against the taeniid cestodes stands in contrast to the more limited successes which characterise attempts to develop vaccines against other platyhelminth or nematode parasites. This review examines the features of the host-parasite relationships among the taeniid cestodes which have formed the basis for vaccine development. Particular consideration is given to the methodologies that have been used in making the cestode vaccines that might be of interest to researchers working on vaccination against other helminths. In developing the cestode vaccines, antigens from the parasites' infective larval stage contained within the egg (oncosphere) were identified as having the potential to induce high levels of protection in vaccinated hosts. A series of vaccination trials with antigen fractions, and associated immunological analyses, identified individual protective antigens or fractions. These were cloned from cDNA and the recombinant proteins expressed in Escherichia coli. This strategy was independently successful in developing vaccines against T. ovis and E. granulosus. Identification of protective antigens for these species enabled rapid identification, cloning and expression of their homologues in related species and thereby the development of effective vaccines against T. saginata, E. multilocularis and, more recently, T. solium. The T. saginata vaccine provides an excellent example of the use of two antigen components, each of which were not protective when used individually, but when combined they induce a reliable, high level of protection. One important contributing factor to the success of vaccine development for the taeniid cestodes was the concentration on studies seeking to identify native host-protective antigens, before the adoption of recombinant methodologies. The cestode vaccines are being developed towards practical (commercial) application. The high level of efficacy of the vaccines against T. solium cysticercosis and hydatid disease suggests that they would be effective also if used directly in humans.

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PubMed1990

Cestode infections in Korea.

Epidemiological surveys concerning cestodes of medical importance in Korea have been sporadically reported by many workers. Among various parasitic infections, cestode infections occur less frequently than other helminthiases, but they often cause serious clinical complications. Cestodes reported so far in Korea belong to the Order Pseudophyllidea or Cyclophyllidea (Subclass Cestoda), i.e., Diphyllobothrium latum, D. yonagoense, Spirometra erinacei, sparganum, Hymenolepis diminuta, H. nana, Mesocestoides lineatus, Taenia saginata, T. solium, metacestode of T. solium (cysticercus), and Echinococcus granulosus. The present paper is a brief review of the literature concerning these cestode infections in Korea. Taeniases by T. saginata or T. solium are prevalent cestode infections in Korea, and cysticercosis by T. solium often reveals serious clinical manifestations. H. nana infection is relatively rare, showing 0.22% egg positive rate in a nationwide survey in 1986. Sparganosis by the plerocercoid larva of Spirometra is not an uncommon cestode infection in man, and 16 kinds of animal hosts including the snakes and frogs have been reported. D. latum infection has been an uncommon intestinal parasitosis, but it tends to increase nowadays. Most of human hydatidosis cases have been recognized as imported ones from outside Korea, but one case was proven indigenous. Other 4 kinds of cestodiases are extremely rare in Korea and only a few cases have been recorded.

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PubMed2003

Field efficacy of ivermectin plus praziquantel oral paste against naturally acquired gastrointestinal nematodes and cestodes of horses in North America and Europe.

The efficacy of an oral formulation of ivermectin plus praziquantel in the reduction of nematode and cestode egg counts in horses was assessed in 273 horses under field conditions at 15 sites in North America (n = 6) and Europe (n = 9). Horses were confirmed by fecal examination to have natural infections of strongyles (100%) and tapeworms (76%). Replicates of four horses were formed at each site, and in each replicate three animals received ivermectin (0.2 mg/kg body weight) plus praziquantel (1 mg/kg body weight) oral paste and one animal remained untreated or received vehicle paste. Fecal samples were collected for fecal nematode and cestode egg counting before and 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, and 16 days after treatment. Horses treated with ivermectin plus praziquantel oral paste had significantly (P <.01) lower posttreatment strongylid and cestode egg counts (reductions of 98% or more) than controls. Combined site analyses revealed that 95% or 96% of the horses positive for cestode eggs before treatment that were treated with ivermectin plus praziquantel were negative for cestode eggs at each posttreatment fecal examination. No adverse reactions attributable to ivermectin plus praziquantel oral paste treatments were observed. The results of the studies demonstrated that ivermectin plus praziquantel paste was highly effective in reducing egg shedding by gastrointestinal nematodes and cestodes, and no adverse reactions were observed in horses treated under field conditions.

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PubMed1983

[Distribution of cestodes among domestic ducks and free-living aquatic birds].

In 1959-1975, 3404 water birds of 18 species belonging to six orders were examined for the presence of cestodes. The birds came from 52 localities (ponds) in Bohemia and Moravia where domestic ducks were kept by the State Fishery and where also wild water fowl occurred. Cestodes of 31 species of the families Hymenolepididae, Dilepididae, Amabiliidae and Diploposthidae were found. The total number of examined birds included 2476 domestic ducks (1406 of them, i. e. 56.8%, were positive for cestodes) and 928 free-living water birds (873 of them, i. e. 94.1%, were 30 cestode species. Eight free-living bird species of the orders Anseriformes and Ralliformes (Anas platyrhynchos, Aythya ferina, A. fuligula, Fulica atra, Aythya nyroca, Anas crecca, A. querquedula and A. strepera) are significant for the circulation of cestodes as they harbour 16 cestode species also occurring in Anas platyrhynchos dom.

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