Chemotherapy of cestode infections.

Abstract

The cestode infections are one of the most common intestinal parasitic diseases responsible for several health hazards in man and animals all over the world. Surprisingly, the chemotherapy of these parasites remained backward till the beginning of past decade which witnessed a considerable progress in this direction. Today, cestodiasis is considered as a major helminth problem both in advanced and developing countries which not only threat the health and general well being of humans but also hamper the economy of milk, meat and wool producing regions of the world. The incidence of cestode infections has always been alarming [1–3], however recently it has been estimated [4] that 80,000,000 people suffer from Taenia saginata and T. solium and there are 2,000,000 cases of Diphyllobothrium latum infection throughout the world.