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Journal Article
The forgotten exotic tapeworms: a review of uncommon zoonotic Cyclophyllidea
2020
Overview
As training in helminthology has declined in the medical microbiology curriculum, many rare species of zoonotic cestodes have fallen into obscurity. Even among specialist practitioners, knowledge of human intestinal cestode infections is often limited to three genera, Taenia , Hymenolepis and Dibothriocephalus . However, five genera of uncommonly encountered zoonotic Cyclophyllidea ( Bertiella , Dipylidium , Raillietina , Inermicapsifer and Mesocestoides ) may also cause patent intestinal infections in humans worldwide. Due to the limited availability of summarized and taxonomically accurate data, such cases may present a diagnostic dilemma to clinicians and laboratories alike. In this review, historical literature on these cestodes is synthesized and knowledge gaps are highlighted. Clinically relevant taxonomy, nomenclature, life cycles, morphology of human-infecting species are discussed and clarified, along with the clinical presentation, diagnostic features and molecular advances, where available. Due to the limited awareness of these agents and identifying features, it is difficult to assess the true incidence of these ‘forgotten’ cestodiases as clinical misidentifications are likely to occur. Also, the taxonomic status of many of the human-infecting species of these tapeworms is unclear, hampering accurate species identification. Further studies combining molecular data and morphological observations are necessary to resolve these long-standing taxonomic issues and to elucidate other unknown aspects of transmission and ecology.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Subject
/ Cestoda
/ Cestoda - isolation & purification
/ Cestode Infections - epidemiology
/ Cestode Infections - prevention & control
/ Cestode Infections - transmission
/ Eggs
/ Genera
/ Humans
/ Mesocestoides - classification
/ Mesocestoides - isolation & purification
/ Neglected Diseases - prevention & control
/ Review
/ Taenia
/ Taxonomy
/ Zoonoses
