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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 where pork is eaten. . It is a tapeworm that uses humans (Homo sapiens) as its definitive host and pigs (family Suidae) as the intermediate or secondary hos
Taenia saginata: Intestines stool worldwide distribution ingestion of undercooked beef Cysticercosis-Pork tapeworm: Taenia solium: Brain, muscle, Eye (Cysts in conjunctiva/anterior chamber/sub-retinal space) stool, blood, imaging of cysts in the brain or any soft tissue Asia, Africa, South America, Southern Europe, North America.
A pair of Taenia proglottids, dried and resembling sesame seeds, each containing hundreds of eggs Life cycle of T. saginata inside and outside of the human body. The life cycle begins with either the gravid proglottids or free eggs (embryophores) with oncospheres (also known as hexacanth embryos) being passed in the feces, which can last for days to months in the environment.
Taenia solium adult. Infection in the intestines by the adult T. solium worms is normally asymptomatic. Heavy infection can result in anaemia and indigestion. [citation needed] A complication, known as cysticercosis, may occur if the eggs of the pork tapeworm are eaten. This typically occurs from vegetables or water contaminated by feces from ...
Scolex of Taenia solium with hooks and acetabula (suckers) present. The scolex, which attaches to the intestine of the definitive host, is often minute in comparison with the proglottids. It is typically a four-sided knob, armed with suckers or hooks or both. [2]
Life cycle of the eucestode Taenia: Inset 5 shows the scolex, which has four Taenia solium, a disk with hooks on the end. Inset 6 shows the tapeworm's whole body, in which the scolex is the tiny, round tip in the top left corner, and a mature proglottid has just detached.
Eucestoda, commonly referred to as tapeworms, is the larger of the two subclasses of flatworms in the class Cestoda (the other subclass being Cestodaria).Larvae have six posterior hooks on the scolex (head), in contrast to the ten-hooked Cestodaria.
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