Cestodes, commonly known as tapeworms, constitute a diverse group of parasitic flatworms that have evolved intricate relationships with their elasmobranch hosts – a group that includes sharks ...

Harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) and grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) are infected by trophically transmitted intestinal cestodes of the genus Diphyllobothrium. Diphyllobothrium species can cause zoonotic ...

Parasitic tapeworm larvae release glutamate and other excitatory molecules that can directly excite brain neurons.

Echinococcus metacestodes as laboratory models for the screening of drugs against cestodes and trematodes. Parasitology 2010, 137 (3) , 569-587. DOI: 10.1017/S003118200999117X. Björn F.C. Kafsack, ...