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Tapeworms

Taenia saginata and solium are the most common tapeworms and are found in beef and pork, respectively.

 

 

Epidemiology

 

Classification and Characteristics

Tapeworms are cestode platyhelminths.

They are ribbonlike and segmented, with no digestive system.

Lifecyle

 

Transmission and Infection

Taenia saginata is from beef, while Taenia soilum is from pork.

The larval forms are most often ingested, though digestion of a segment containing eggs can cause a shower of ova throughout body that can produce cysticercosis

 

 

Clinical Manifesations

Cysticercosis is bad

 

Diagnosis

Identification of ova or adult fragments in the stool

Cysticercosis can be diagnosed by serology, X-ray, ultrasound, and other methods

 

Treatment