Cestodes (tapeworms) form a monophyletic group of parasitic Platyhelminthes (flatworms ... So far, there is no single compilation of cestode life cycles. This database aims to collect and organise the ...

In this short film Dr Michael Mosley visits Kenya to see how the beef tapeworm needs to infect both beef cattle and humans to complete its life-cycle. He collects some infected beef in Kenya ...

Cats usually contract tapeworms through the ingestion of infected fleas or by hunting small rodents. The life cycle of a ...