- 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.
- Taeniasis comes from three different types of tapeworms: Taenia saginata (T. saginata), Taenia solium (T. solium) and Taenia asiatica (T. asiatica).
- Taenia solium, yassı kurtların filumlarına, özellikle Cestoda sınıfına ait bir parazittir. Genellikle yalnız bir kurtçuk olarak bilinir ve insanın bağırsağında bulunur.
- Habits and Habitat of Taenia solium. Taenia solium, also known as pork tapeworm, is found worldwide. Thus, its distribution is cosmopolitan.
- Taenia solium is more prevalent in poorer communities where humans live in close contact with pigs and eat undercooked pork.
- Taenia solium infection is acquired either from human feces that contains Taenia solium eggs or from uncooked pork which contains larval cysts.
- Taenia solium infection (taeniasis) is an intestinal infection with adult tapeworms that follows ingestion of contaminated pork.
- Taenia solium, Taenia saginata, Hymenolepis nana, Echinococcus granulosus like flat- worms are commonly known as tapeworms.
- The pork tapeworm Taenia solium is a parasite that infests the human intestine. ... The larval cysts (cysticerci) of Taenia solium trigger cysticercosis in humans.
- Scolex (Head): The scolex, also known as the head of Taenia solium, is a small, round structure located at the anterior end of the tapeworm.
