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What is Intermediate host for hydatid disease- and explain in detail?
Hydatid disease is caused by Echinococcus granulosus. The worm completes its life cycle in two hosts - Definitive Host : Dog Intermediate Host : Sheep & Cattle. Man acts as an accidental intermediate host (Dead end). The larval stage of parasite is passed in intermediate hosts including man, giving rise to hydatid cyst.