Fleas are the intermediate host forDipylidium caninum. Lice are also an intermediate hosts for tapeworm but they are relatively uncommon parasites of cats. This means that the tapeworm is unable to ...

A 2-year-old girl presented with perianal itching and worms in the stool. She was found to have a Dipylidium caninum infection.

Dipylidium caninum is their name. Whether you see one in person, or a photograph of one, they’re not very good looking. In a much-magnified, close-up portrait taken through an electron microscope, ...

THE principal change in the new edition of this admirable and well-established text-book is the substitution of Dipylidium caninum for Tænia as an example of a tapeworm. This change has no doubt been ...