Teniosis

Taeniosis is a parasitic disease caused by various helminths. Man is either a transient or a definitive host.


 * 1) Taenia saginata' - contamination by ingestion of insufficiently heat-treated beef or veal containing beans,
 * 2) *manifestations: colicky abdominal pain, loss of appetite, sometimes asymptomatic.
 * 3) Taenia solium - infection when eating pork or eating tapeworm eggs,
 * 4) *manifestations: similar, when the egg is infected, lumps are formed and various organs are affected (cysticercosis).

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