RT Book, Section
A1 Bradbury, Richard S.
A1 Handali, Sukwan
A2 Boulton, Matthew L.
A2 Wallace, Robert B.
SR Print(0)
ID 1182666348
T1 Taeniasis and Cysticercosis
T2 Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health & Preventive Medicine, 16e
YR 2022
FD 2022
PB McGraw Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259644511
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182666348
RD 2024/04/19
AB Taeniasis  refers  to  an  intestinal  infection  with  the  adult  stage  of  the  beef  tapeworm  (Taenia  saginata),  the  pork  tapeworm  (T.  solium),  or  the  Asian  pork  tapeworm  (T.  asiatica).  Cysticercosis  is  the  somatic  infection  with  the  larval  stage  of  the  pork  tapeworm.  Neurocysticercosis  (NCC)  is  central  nervous  system  infection  with  T.  solium  larvae.  Both  beef  and  pork  tapeworms  have  been  known  as  parasites  of  humans  since  ancient  times,  but  infection  of  humans  by  the  larval  stage  of  the  pork  tapeworm  was  not  recognized  until  the  sixteenth  century.1