1. Objectives:

（1）         Understand the general characteristics of morphology and life cycle, Important species．

（2）         Understand the distribution of Taenia solium, Taenia saginatus.

（3）        Master the differences and similarities in morphology and structure of the two Cestodes, the characteristics of the eggs, the difference of life cycle and the cysticercus morphology, The pathogenesis, the connection of Cysticercosis and intestinal cestode infection, symptomatology, pathogeny diagnostic methods.

（4）        Become familiar with the infective ways and prevention of two taeniasis and cysticercosis. 

2 . Contents:

（1）         The general characteristics of morphology and life cycle of cestodes .

（2）         Taenia solium: The morphology of adult ,egg and cysticercus,  life cycle. The pathogenesis and symptomatology of Taenia solium.  

（3）         Cysticercosis: The infective ways, types and symptoms. The diagnostic methods, epidemiology and prevention of  taeniasis solium and cysticercosis.

（4）         Taenia saginatus: the difference and common of morphology and life cycle between the two cestodes, pathogenesis and symptomatology of Taenia saginatus, the diagnostic methods, epidemiology and prevention.