{"id":142046,"date":"2022-01-16T06:29:16","date_gmt":"2022-01-16T06:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=142046"},"modified":"2022-01-16T06:29:16","modified_gmt":"2022-01-16T06:29:16","slug":"sparganum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/sparganum\/","title":{"rendered":"Sparganum"},"content":{"rendered":"

The larvae of certain tapeworms, including species of Diphyllobothrium and Spirometra, which may accidentally infect man. They are actually plerocercoids, but the generic name Sparganum is given to them since they fail to develop into adults and definite classification of the species is not possible from the larvae alone.<\/p>\n

\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The larvae of certain tapeworms, including species of Diphyllobothrium and Spirometra, which may accidentally infect man. They are actually plerocercoids, but the generic name Sparganum is given to them since they fail to develop into adults and definite classification of the species is not possible from the larvae alone.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-s"],"yoast_head":"\nSparganum - Definition of Sparganum<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The larvae of certain tapeworms, including species of Diphyllobothrium and Spirometra, which may accidentally infect man. They are actually plerocercoids, but the generic name Sparganum is given to them since they fail to develop into adults and definite classification of the species is not possible from the larvae alone.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/sparganum\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sparganum - Definition of Sparganum\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The larvae of certain tapeworms, including species of Diphyllobothrium and Spirometra, which may accidentally infect man. They are actually plerocercoids, but the generic name Sparganum is given to them since they fail to develop into adults and definite classification of the species is not possible from the larvae alone.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/sparganum\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Glossary\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-01-16T06:29:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Glossary\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Glossary\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/sparganum\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/sparganum\/\",\"name\":\"Sparganum - Definition of Sparganum\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-01-16T06:29:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-01-16T06:29:16+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5\"},\"description\":\"The larvae of certain tapeworms, including species of Diphyllobothrium and Spirometra, which may accidentally infect man. They are actually plerocercoids, but the generic name Sparganum is given to them since they fail to develop into adults and definite classification of the species is not possible from the larvae alone.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/sparganum\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/sparganum\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/sparganum\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Sparganum\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/\",\"name\":\"Glossary\",\"description\":\"Difinitions\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5\",\"name\":\"Glossary\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/author\/adminglossary\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Sparganum - Definition of Sparganum","description":"The larvae of certain tapeworms, including species of Diphyllobothrium and Spirometra, which may accidentally infect man. They are actually plerocercoids, but the generic name Sparganum is given to them since they fail to develop into adults and definite classification of the species is not possible from the larvae alone.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/sparganum\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Sparganum - Definition of Sparganum","og_description":"The larvae of certain tapeworms, including species of Diphyllobothrium and Spirometra, which may accidentally infect man. They are actually plerocercoids, but the generic name Sparganum is given to them since they fail to develop into adults and definite classification of the species is not possible from the larvae alone.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/sparganum\/","og_site_name":"Glossary","article_published_time":"2022-01-16T06:29:16+00:00","author":"Glossary","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Glossary","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/sparganum\/","url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/sparganum\/","name":"Sparganum - Definition of Sparganum","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website"},"datePublished":"2022-01-16T06:29:16+00:00","dateModified":"2022-01-16T06:29:16+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5"},"description":"The larvae of certain tapeworms, including species of Diphyllobothrium and Spirometra, which may accidentally infect man. They are actually plerocercoids, but the generic name Sparganum is given to them since they fail to develop into adults and definite classification of the species is not possible from the larvae alone.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/sparganum\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/sparganum\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/sparganum\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sparganum"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/","name":"Glossary","description":"Difinitions","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5","name":"Glossary","url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/author\/adminglossary\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142046"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":142048,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142046\/revisions\/142048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}