Life cycle

LIFE CYCLE

  • The gravid segments are passed in the faeces or spontaneously leaving the host and crawling on the body surface of the host or on the floor, during this process eggs are released.
  • Eggs are ingested by larval stage of fleas, but cysticercoid development occurs in the adult flea.
  • D/H acquires infection by ingestion of infected adult flea.
  • Man acquires infection by accidental ingestion of flea while playing with dog and cat.

Egg ----> Larval flea ----> Adult flea ---->D/H

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