Animals Involved
Definitive hosts are canids; intermediate hosts are sheep, other herbivores
Known Distributions
Worldwide in scattered foci; mainly reported from Europe, Asia
Probable Means of Spreading
Ingestion of tapeworm eggs in canine feces, may be via water, vegetables, soil
Clinical Manifestations in People
Painless skin swelling; possible CNS involvement (signs of mass lesion in brain) or larva in eye