Dipylidiasis is a rare zoonotic infectious disease caused by Dipylidium caninum, a common intestinal tapeworm of dogs and cats. Humans get infection by accidental ingestion of the intermediate hosts. This parasitic disease is first described in humans in 1758.
Category
Parasitic infectious disease
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Parasitic diseases
Helminthiases
Diseases due to cestodes
1F72 Dipylidiasis
H02408 Dipylidiasis
Genome-based classification of infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Parasitic infections (animals)
Infections caused by nematodes
H02408 Dipylidiasis
Pathogen
Dipylidium caninum
Comment
Intermediate hosts include the dog flea (Ctenocephalides canis), the cat flea (C. felis) and occasionally the human flea (Pulex irritans), as well as the chewing louse of dogs (Trichodectes canis).
