Environmental Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
Taeniasis (pork
tapeworm)
(beef
tapeworm)
Taenia solium
(pork
tapeworm),
T.
saginata
(beef
tapeworm)
Man, cattle,
pigs, buffalo,
possibly rats,
mice
Infected meats
eaten raw, food
contaminated with
feces of man, rats,
or mice
Abdominal pain,
diarrhea, convulsions,
insomnia, excessive
appetite
8 - 10 weeks
Thoroughly cook meat.
Control flies. Properly
dispose of excreta.
Foodhandler hygiene. Use
only inspected meat. Store
meat as for trichinosis.
Fish Tapeworm
(broad
tapeworm)
Diphyllo-
bothrium
latum
,other
Man, frogs,
dogs, cats,
bears
Infected
freshwater fish
eaten raw
Abdominal pain, loss
of weight, weakness,
anemia
3 - 6 weeks
Thoroughly cook fish, roe,
(caviar). Proper excreta
disposal.
Dracontiasis
(Guinea worm
disease)
Dracunculus
medinensis
,a
nematode
worm
Man
Water
contaminated with
copepods-
Cyclops
;
larvae from
infected persons
Blistering of feet, legs,
and burning and itching
of skin; fever, nausea,
vomiting, diarrhea;
worms from skin
About 12
months
Use only filtered or boiled
water in endemic areas for
drinking, or a safe
well-water supply. Treat
water from unsafe source
with temephos, Abate
.
Health education.
Paragonimiasis
(lung flukes)
Paragonimus
ringeri, P.
westermani, P.
kellicotti
Respiratory and
intestinal tract
of man, cats,
dogs, pigs, rats,
wolves
Contaminated
water, freshwater
crabs or crayfish
Chronic cough, clubbed
fingers, dull pains,
diarrhea
Variable
Boil drinking water in
endemic areas. Thoroughly
cook freshwater crabs and
crayfish.
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