Animals Involved
Dogs, cats, wild canids, some other wild carnivores are definitive hosts; fleas are intermediate hosts
Known Distributions
Worldwide; uncommonly reported in people
Probable Means of Spreading
Ingestion of dog or cat fleas
Clinical Manifestations in People
Usually in children; asymptomatic or mild abdominal distress, diarrhea; proglottids in feces resemble cucumber seeds