First record of the invasive Asian fish tapeworm Bothriocephalus acheilognathi in Honduras, Central America by Salgado-Maldonado Guillermo, Matamoros Wilfredo A., Kreiser Brian R., Caspeta-Mandujano Juan Manuel, Mendoza-Franco Edgar F.

“…This paper provides the first report of the invasive Asian fish tapeworm, Bothriocephalus acheilognathi Yamaguti, 1934, in Honduras. …”
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Molecular characteristics of glutathione transferase gene family in a neglect medical Spirometra tapeworm by Wen Qing Chen, Sha Sha Liu, Chi Cheng, Jing Cui, Zhong Quan Wang, Xi Zhang

“…The Spirometra mansoni is a neglect medical tapeworm, its plerocercoid larvae can parasitize in humans and animals, causing sparganosis. …”
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The Asian fish tapeworm Schyzocotyle acheilognathi is widespread in baitfish retail stores in Michigan, USA by Traimat Boonthai, Seth J. Herbst, Gary E. Whelan, Michelle Gunn Van Deuren, Thomas P. Loch, Mohamed Faisal

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Spatial relationship between Taenia solium tapeworm carriers and necropsy cyst burden in pigs. by Ian W Pray, Viterbo Ayvar, Ricardo Gamboa, Claudio Muro, Luz M Moyano, Victor Benavides, Robert H Flecker, Hector H Garcia, Seth E O'Neal

“…Participating humans in the study villages were tested for T. solium tapeworm infection (i.e., taeniasis) with an ELISA coproantigen assay, and the distances from each pig to its nearest human tapeworm carrier were calculated. …”
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What about the Cytoskeletal and Related Proteins of Tapeworms in the Host’s Immune Response? An Integrative Overview by Diana G. Ríos-Valencia, Javier Ambrosio, Rocío Tirado-Mendoza, Julio César Carrero, Juan Pedro Laclette

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DNA DAMAGE AND HOST CELL APOPTOSIS AT THE CONCOMITANT DRUG THERAPY FOR DWARF TAPEWORM INFECTION by V. Ya. Bekish, V. V. Zorina

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Complex insight on microanatomy of larval “human broad tapeworm” Dibothriocephalus latus (Cestoda: Diphyllobothriidea) by Daniel Barčák, Aneta Yoneva, Hana Sehadová, Mikuláš Oros, Andrea Gustinelli, Roman Kuchta

“…Abstract Background In Europe, the tapeworm Dibothriocephalus latus (syn. Diphyllobothrium latum) is a well-known etiological agent of human diphyllobothriosis, which spreads by the consumption of raw fish flesh infected by plerocercoids (tapeworm’s larval stage). …”
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Taenia solium cysticercosis hotspots surrounding tapeworm carriers: clustering on human seroprevalence but not on seizures. by Andres G Lescano, Hector H Garcia, Robert H Gilman, Cesar M Gavidia, Victor C W Tsang, Silvia Rodriguez, Lawrence H Moulton, Manuel V Villaran, Silvia M Montano, Armando E Gonzalez, Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru

“…Neurocysticercosis-related seizures cases were diagnosed clinically and had positive neuroimaging or EITB.Eleven tapeworm carriers were identified by stool microscopy. …”
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Hidden diversity of the most basal tapeworms (Cestoda, Gyrocotylidea), the enigmatic parasites of holocephalans (Chimaeriformes) by Daniel Barčák, Chia-Kwung Fan, Pasaikou Sonko, Roman Kuchta, Tomáš Scholz, Martina Orosová, Hsuan-Wien Chen, Mikuláš Oros

“…However, the species diversity, host associations and biogeography of these most basal tapeworms are poorly known. Herein, we provide evidence of a conspicuous contrast between the genetic and morphological data based on an examination of newly collected and properly processed Gyrocotyle specimens (hologenophores) isolated from holocephalans off Taiwan and Argentina. …”
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Tapeworm infection (Taenia hydatigena) in lion (Panthera leo) in captivity. A case report by S.G. Ogungbade, A.F. Ogunrinade

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Efficiency of Experimental Formulation Containing <i>Duddingtonia flagrans</i> and <i>Pochonia chlamydosporia</i> against <i>Moniezia expansa</i> Eggs by Giancarlo Bomfim Ribeiro, Ially de Almeida Moura, André Ricardo e Silva, Jackson Victor de Araújo, Caio Márcio de Oliveira Monteiro, Júlia dos Santos Fonseca, Ana Patrícia David de Oliveira, Wendell Marcelo de Souza Perinotto

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Discussion to several tapeworm species from the families Hymenolepididae, Anoplocephalidae and Davaineidae parasitizing rodents and man by František Tenora, Vlastimil Baruš, Miroslav Prokeš

“…With the more recent knowledge, the hypothesis by Joyeux and Baer (1929) is consulted: “... most of rarer species of tapeworms occurring in man are probably parasites of other mammals, specially of Rodentia .....“. …”
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Electron microscopy reveals novel external specialized organs housing bacteria in eagle ray tapeworms. by Janine N Caira, Kirsten Jensen

“…The cavities were found to be specialized in-foldings of the tapeworm body that were lined with particularly elongate filitriches. …”
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Environmental temperature variation influences fitness trade-offs and tolerance in a fish-tapeworm association by Frederik Franke, Sophie A. O. Armitage, Megan A. M. Kutzer, Joachim Kurtz, Jörn P. Scharsack

“…Using three-spined sticklebacks, Gasterosteus aculeatus L., and tapeworms, Schistocephalus solidus (Müller, 1776), originating from a cold and a warm water site of a volcanic lake, we subjected sympatric and allopatric host-parasite combinations to cold and warm conditions in a fully crossed design. …”
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Molecular Characterization and Phylogenetic Analysis of <i>Spirometra</i> Tapeworms from Snakes in Hunan Province by Shu-Yu Chen, Teng-Fang Gong, Jun-Lin He, Fen Li, Wen-Chao Li, Li-Xing Xie, Xin-Rui Xie, Yi-Song Liu, Ying-Fang Zhou, Wei Liu

“…The present study was performed to explore the molecular characteristics and phylogenetic analysis of <i>Spirometra</i> tapeworms from different species of snakes in Hunan Province. …”
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Archigetes Leuckart, 1878 (Cestoda, Caryophyllidea): diversity of enigmatic fish tapeworms with monoxenic life cycles by Uhrovič Dalibor, Oros Mikuláš, Kudlai Olena, Kuchta Roman, Scholz Tomáš

“…The caryophyllidean genus Archigetes Leuckart, 1878 is unique among all tapeworms in that its species can mature in invertebrate hosts (Oligochaeta), i.e., have a monoxenic (direct) life cycle. …”
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The larval tapeworms (Cestodes: Trypanorhyncha) isolated from some commercially important fish of Persian Gulf by P. Shohreh; S. Mehdizadeh Mood; Sh. Mousavi

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The tapeworm interactome: inferring confidence scored protein-protein interactions from the proteome of Hymenolepis microstoma by Katherine James, Peter D. Olson

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Complete mitogenome of the dog cucumber tapeworm Dipylidium caninum (Cestoda, Dilepididae) from Southwest China by Yue Xie, Yunjian Liu, Xiaobin Gu, Xiaduo Meng, Lu Wang, Yingxin Li, Xuan Zhou, Youle Zheng, Zhicai Zuo, Guangyou Yang

“…In this study, the complete mitogenome of this tapeworm was sequenced using next-generation sequencing technology. …”
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The complete mitochondrial DNA of three monozoic tapeworms in the Caryophyllidea: a mitogenomic perspective on the phylogeny of eucestodes by Wen X. Li, Dong Zhang, Kellyanne Boyce, Bing W. Xi, Hong Zou, Shan G. Wu, Ming Li, Gui T. Wang

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