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    Taenia solium, the pork tapeworm, belongs to the cyclophyllid cestode family Taeniidae. It is found throughout the world and is most common in countries...
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    "head" region); of the two major human parasites, Taenia saginata has an unarmed scolex, while Taenia solium has an armed scolex. The proglottids have a central...
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    strong resemblance to the other human tapeworms, such as Taenia asiatica and Taenia solium, in structure and biology, except for few details. It is typically...
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    cysticercosis. Types of Taenia that cause infections in humans include Taenia solium (pork tapeworm), Taenia saginata (beef tapeworm), and Taenia asiatica (Asian...
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    The cause of human cysticercosis is the egg form of Taenia solium (often abbreviated as T. solium and also called pork tapeworm), which is transmitted...
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  • genome was published, and genetic comparison (Cox1gene) with those of Taenia solium and T. saginata provided further support to its taxonomic status. The...
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    people were infected with the beef tapeworm Taenia saginata and 3 million with the pork tapeworm Taenia solium. Infection of the digestive system by adult...
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    parasitic disease cysticercosis that is caused by the infection with Taenia solium, a tapeworm found in pigs. Neurocysticercosis occurs when cysts formed...
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    tapeworm (Taenia solium), but still closely related to tapeworms for their similar-looking scolices. Hence, it was given a proper scientific name Taenia cellulosae...
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    the digestive tract or related ducts. Examples are the pork tapeworm (Taenia solium) with a human definitive host, and pigs as the secondary host, and Moniezia...
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    strains of the flu and can cause pandemics such as the 2009 swine flu. Taenia solium infection is one of the neglected tropical diseases with public health...
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    several species of tapeworms if they eat undercooked meat such as pork (Taenia solium), beef (T. saginata), and fish (Diphyllobothrium), or if they live in...
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    intestine of carnivores, like canids. It is related to Taenia solium, the pork tapeworm, and to Taenia saginata, the beef tapeworm. It is commonly found in...
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    includes many species of medical and veterinary importance, as Taenia solium (pork tapeworm), Taenia saginata (beef tapeworm), and Echinococcus granulosus. The...
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    helminth is generally daily, and can occur up to six times per day for some Taenia species. Adult trematodes lay smaller numbers of eggs compared to cestodes...
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    Giardiasis Ascariasis Tropical sprue Tape worm (Diphyllobothrium latum, Taenia solium, Hymenolepis nana) Hookworm (e.g. Necator americanus, Ancylostoma duodenale)...
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  • in its presence in pigs along with the larval stages of a tapeworm (Taenia solium). These tapeworms were mentioned in a play by Aristophanes as "hailstones"...
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    the infectious larvae. Echinococcus multilocularis Fasciola hepatica Taenia solium Pedro-Pons, Agustín (1968). Patología y Clínica Médicas (in Spanish)...
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    americanus, Strongyloides stercoralis and Ancylostoma duodenale Hymenolepis nana Taenia saginata Enterobius Fasciola hepatica Schistosoma mansoni Toxocara canis...
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    brain and/or muscles with the eggs and larvae of the pork tapeworm Taenia solium (though it has been judged less effective than albendazole in treatment...
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    Hong Q (2012). "A review of the control of Clonorchiasis sinensis and Taenia solium taeniasis/cysticercosis in China". Parasitology Research. 111 (5): 1879–1884...
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    Head (scolex) of tapeworm Taenia solium is adapted to parasitism with hooks and suckers to attach to its host....
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  • vaccines against cysticercosis in cattle due to Taenia saginata (TSA9/TSA18) and in pigs due to Taenia solium. In collaboration with Dr David Heath at the...
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    Platyhelminthes:[citation needed] Diphyllobothrium sp. Nanophyetus sp. Taenia saginata Taenia solium Fasciola hepatica See also: Tapeworm and Flatworm Nematode:...
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  • Ascariasis (roundworms) Cestoda (tapeworms) including: Taenia saginata (human beef tapeworm), Taenia solium (human pork tapeworm), Diphyllobothrium latum (fish...
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    "Pharmacology of Anticysticeral Therapy". In Singh G, Prabhakar S (eds.). Taenia Solium Cysticercosis: From Basic to Clinical Science. CABI. pp. 368–371....
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  • August 5, 2009 (2009-08-05) 105 A Bolivian woman is infected with 10 to 15 Taenia solium cysts that reduce her flow of spinal fluid she got when she grew up...
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  • Beef tapeworm Taenia saginata Intestines stool worldwide distribution ingestion of undercooked beef Cysticercosis-Pork tapeworm Taenia solium Brain, muscle...
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    experiment demonstrating this by feeding pork containing cysticerci of Taenia solium to a prisoner awaiting execution, and after they had been executed,...
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  • indirect cause of cancer. Tapeworms such as Echinococcus granulosus and Taenia solium may directly or indirectly cause cancer. Liver flukes such as Opisthorchis...
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