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Dipylidium - WrongDiagnosis.com |
 | | Infection is common and found throughout the world. |
| | Dipylidium caninum, also called the cucumber tapeworm or the double-pore tapeworm, is a cyclophyllid cestode that infects organisms afflicted with fleas, including canids, felids, and pet-owners, especially children. |
| | The scolex has a rostellum with four rows of hooks, along with the four suckers that all cyclophyllid cestodes have. |
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