Abstract
In experimental work directed toward the development of new effective anthelmintics, the cestodes have received far less attention than have the trematodes and nematodes. This may be partly because cestode infections are generally considered of minor importance compared with the much more numerous and pathogenic parasites of the other helminth classes. The tapeworms have a worldwide distribution, but their medical and economic significance is variable (Standen, 1963; Keeling, 1968). The larval stages of Taenia solium and Echinococcus granulosus may, however, produce serious human disease, and only recently have new broad-spectrum anthelmintics been developed with which treatment of cysticercosis and hydatidosis may now be contemplated.
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