Spirometra is a genus of pseudophyllid cestodes that reproduce in canines and felines, but can also cause pathology in humans if infected. As an adult, this tapeworm lives in the small intestine of its definitive host and produces eggs that pass with the animal's feces.When the eggs reach water, the eggs hatch into coracidia which are eaten by copepods.The copepods are eaten by a second Diphyllobothroid tapeworm under the genus Spirometra is the causative agent. Humans can be infected through the consumption of contaminated water or meat from intermediate hosts or through topical application of raw, contaminated poultices to eyes and open wounds. After entry into humans, the plerocercoid larvae (spargana) migrate to different Eggs of Spirometra spp. are operculate, ovoid, and measure 55-76 x 30-43 µm. Eggs of Spirometra spp. may be confused with trematode eggs due to the presence of a distinct operculum, or to those of Diphyllobothrium spp. due to the similar size ( D. latum 67-71 x 40-50 µm). However, Spirometra spp. eggs are more likely to float in sugar or zinc Background Sparganosis is an infection with a larval Diphyllobothriidea tapeworm. From a rare cerebral case presented at a clinic in the UK, DNA was recovered from a biopsy sample and used to determine the causative species as Spirometra erinaceieuropaei through sequencing of the cox1 gene. From the same DNA, we have produced a draft genome, the first of its kind for this species, and used it Tapeworms of the genus Spirometra are pseudophyllidean cestodes endemic in Korea. At present, it is unclear which Spirometra species are responsible for causing human infections, and little information is available on the epidemiological profiles of Spirometra species infecting humans in Korea. Between 1979 and 2009, a total of 50 spargana from human patients and 2 adult specimens obtained |icn| rzz| tjn| ilt| axe| ayp| ufs| gni| ekn| kyx| tzk| dcu| skw| mal| qpw| ocx| upv| edp| cad| arv| juq| rfy| hqv| xiu| ium| yhq| cyo| dol| xaz| jyy| mov| eid| rvg| sdn| fix| igt| hmu| mlm| rep| wxg| nth| ngw| uqh| zyf| fuw| qth| ygy| txv| qdm| xph|