Immunology Case Reports

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Taenia Crassiceps

Taenia crassiceps is a tapeworm,it is a family of Taeniidae. It is a parasitic organism whose adult form infects the intestine of carnivores, like canids. It is associated to Taenia solium, the pork tapeworm, and to Taenia saginata, the beef tapeworm. It is normally found in the Northern Hemisphere, especially throughout Canada and the northern United States.

Natural intermediate hosts of this organism are regularly small rodents and moles. The larval stages of T. crassiceps grow subcutaneously or in their body cavities as cysticerci which are cyst-like structures. T. crassiceps starts its life in the intestines of wild canines, like a wolf. Inside the wolf, the tapeworm reproduces. Its eggs are passed in the wolf feces, and are eaten by a rat. When the rat is eaten by other wolf, the parasite's life cycle repeats.

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