Article Review: A brief knowledge for the larval and adult stages of Taenia hydatigena in intermediate and final hosts

Abstract

Taenia hydatigena is one of the most important tapeworms which infecting the wild and domestic animals, globally. The lifecycle of the parasite is indirect and involved an intermediate (domestic animals) and final (wild animals) hosts. The parasite is distributed worldwide at a variable prevalence among different hosts and countries. For diagnosis, different traditional methods such as direct examination of fecal samples and floatation were applied but with a low rate of sensitivity and specificity. In last decades, development of coproantigenic and molecular methods had made identification of the parasite and it species more sensitivity and specificity. However, combination of both traditional and advanced tools could provide more valuable data in diagnosis of different parasites. In conclusion, this study provided a brief knowledge about the prevalence of the larval and adult stages in intermediate and final hosts. Based on our investigation, Iraq is an endemic area for the parasite; however, the number of studies and information still limited and low. Therefore, moreover studies using of traditional and advanced diagnostic assays are of great importance and appear to be very necessary throughout all Iraqi areas and among different field animals, to establishment a database for the parasite and to developing an effective control and preventing schemes