They can be white, around 8 mm wide and 11 mm long, and moving. It can also be identified by presenting with common signs and symptoms in an area where disease is present, and there is close contact with soil and/or nonhuman primates. In many of these areas, other parasitic diseases can be a problem to the population, and finding the proglottids in stool samples can be the only way to distinguish "Bertiella" from other parasites. The appearance of the eggs has been described as "slightly oval and thin-shelled" while the "embryo is encased in a capsule or pyriform apparatus with two blunt horns." Due to the low occurrence of this infection in humans, and non-lethal symptoms, it is not considered a public health crisis where large steps have to be taken toward prevention or the development of a vaccine. The most common way to prevent this infection in humans is to avoid contact with nonhuman primates and the soil in their proximity. In Mauritius and other similar regions, children (specifically) and adults are strongly discouraged from eating guavas that have fallen on the ground. There is not an officially established treatment due to rarity of disease. Most are misdiagnosed anyway and treated with general medicines against cestodes. One record of treatment in a "Bertiella" case in Equatorial Guinea, documented a patient treated with praziquantel in a 40 mg/kg body weight, in a single dose, followed by a second, similar dose 20 days later. From then, the proglottid excretion and oesophageal pain desisted. In another instance of "B. studeri" infection, niclosamide was recommended as an appropriate anti-helminthic therapy. The two forms of human "Bertiella" are distributed geographically: "B. studeri" is a parasite of monkeys in the Old World (Asia and Africa), and "B. mucronata" is found in the New World (South America and Cuba). As of 1999, 56 cases had been reported in the literature, 45 cases due to "B. studeri", 7 due to "B. mucronata", 4 due to unspecified "Bertiella" species. Additional case reports of "B. studeri" were published from Vietnam in 2003 and China in 2006. The suborder of Anoplocephala was named in 1891 by Blanchard, and the family Anoplocephalidae created in 1928 by Mola.