| Spirometra mansonoides | A species of pseudophyllid tapeworms from North America, whose larva (sparganum) may be a cause of sparganosis of man in Florida and the Gulf States. Synonym: Diphyllobothrium mansonoides. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| spirometra | A genus of tapeworms of the family diphyllobothriidae, which are parasites of fish-eating cats, dogs, and birds. Infection in man is caused by eating undercooked fish. The larval form is called sparganum. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| Spirometra mansoni | A species of pseudophyllid tapeworms of wild and feral cats, the larval form of which (sparganum) may survive in human tissues; it has been commonly found in humans in the Orient, but is also reported from widely scattered areas elsewhere; infection of humans with the sparganum occurs from active migration of the larva from freshly split infected frogs used as a poultice for wounds, sore eyes (as in ocular sparganosis>), bruises, or ulcerations; it is also likely that humans may be infected with sparganum larvae from eating any vertebrate harboring these plerocercoids. Synonym: Diphyllobothrium linguloides, Diphyllobothrium mansoni. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bothriocephalus mansonoides | Former name for Spirometra mansonoides. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Mansonoides | A subgenus of Mansonia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Diphyllobothrium mansonoides | A species of pseudophyllid tapeworms from North America, whose larva (sparganum) may be a cause of sparganosis of man in Florida and the Gulf States. Synonym: Diphyllobothrium mansonoides. (05 Mar 2000) |