dipylidiasis

[dip″ĭ-lĭ-di´ah-sis]

infection with Dipylidium caninum.

dip·y·li·di·a·sis

(dip'i-li-dī'ă-sis),

Infection of carnivores and humans with the cestode Dipylidium caninum.

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dip·y·li·di·a·sis

(dip'i-li-dī'ă-sis)

Infection of carnivores and humans with the cestode Dipylidium caninum.

Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

References in periodicals archive

The patients with dipylidiasis are often asymptomatic but symptoms as anal pruritus, diarrhea, mild abdominal pain, decrease in appetite, indigestion, and gastrointestinal tract disturbances, may be seen [15].

Infecciones y factores de riesgo con helmintos intestinales zoonoticos en cachorros atendidos por servicios veterinarios gubernamentales en el municipio Libertador, Caracas, Venezuela

The importance of wildlife as reservoirs of human diseases has also been widely recognized for most of the parasitic zoonoses, including American and African trypanosomiasis, leishmaniasis, giardiasis, cryptosporidiosis, balantidiasis, fascioliasis, opisthorchiasis, clonorchiasis, paragonimiasis, schistosomiasis, echinococcosis, taeniasis, diphyllobothriasis, sparganosis, dipylidiasis, trichinellosis, toxocariasis, strongyloidiasis, and Ancylostoma caninum and A.

Zoonoses and one health: A review of the literature

In humans, the infection is called dipylidiasis. It has been suggested that dogs may transfer the infection to humans by licking them after nipping at fleas.

Dipylidium caninum in a 4-month old male

Human dipylidiasis (dog tapeworm infection) in the United States.

Dog tapeworm (Dipylidium caninum) infestation in a 6-month-old infant

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