TAPEWORM ASSOCIATED COLIC IN FOUR YEARLINGS AND TAPEWORM INFECTION MONITORING

New Studies Associate Equine Tapeworm Infection with Colic

• In a second study, prevalence of tapeworm infection in 157 horses was randomly evaluated at necropsy during a 12-month period. Anoplocephala perfoliata was identified in 27% of the horses, exceeding what fecal testing would indicate in many herds. Horses <2 years of age, perhaps due to immunologic susceptibility, were at greater risk of tapeworm infection than adult horses. The geometric mean...

Human Infection with Marten Tapeworm

1152 Emerging Infectious Diseases • www.cdc.gov/eid • Vol. 19, No. 7, July 2013 medical teams been aware of his recent MDR TB exposure. A recent update documented the highest rates of global MDR TB in 2009 and 2010 (9). Our experience reported here underscores the need to be constantly mindful of this infectious disease threat in our increasingly borderless world, even in countries where incide...

Infection of the eye by tapeworm Coenurus.

Taenia solium Tapeworm Infection, Oregon, 2006–2009

Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is a parasitic infection of the central nervous system caused by Taenia solium larval cysts. Its epidemiology in cysticercosis-nonendemic regions is poorly understood, and the role of public health institutions is unclear. To determine the incidence of NCC and to pilot screening of household contacts for tapeworms, we conducted population-based active surveillance in Or...

Fish tapeworm and sushi.

A variety of parasitic infections might be acquired by ingesting raw or undercooked fin fish (Table 1).1-3 Fish tapeworm, or Diphyllobothrium spp, is acquired by eating raw or undercooked freshwater or anadromous fish (ie, sea fish that spawn in freshwater rivers, such as salmon). Marinated and smoked fish can also transmit the worm.4 While cases in previously endemic areas have decreased, like...