Jan 11, 2022 · Taeniasis is an intestinal infection caused by 3 species of tapeworm: Taenia solium (pork tapeworm), Taenia saginata (beef tapeworm) and Taenia asiatica. Humans can become infected with T. saginata or T. asiatica when they consume infected beef meat or pig liver tissue, respectively, which has not been adequately cooked, but taeniasis due to T ...

Sep 16, 2023 · Infection with the tapeworm Taenia solium can result in two distinct conditions: taeniasis and cysticercosis. Taeniasis is the intestinal infection with the tapeworm and it occurs when a person eats raw or undercooked, infected pork. …

Las pruebas de detección en materia fecal, entre ellas la Kato-Katz, pueden servir para detectar huevos de Taenia y, por tanto, para conocer las zonas donde el parásito puede ser endémico. No obstante, esta prueba no es específica de ninguna especie, por lo que es preciso confirmar que las muestras positivas contienen T. solium .

Jan 11, 2022 · Le taeniasis est une infection intestinale causée par 3 espèces de ténias. Cet aide-mémoire aborde donc la transmission et les conséquences sur la santé de l'un d'entre eux, T. solium, qui peut avoir des effets dévastateurs sur la santé humaine.

Jan 20, 2021 · Adult tapeworms cause an intestinal infection called Taeniasis, of which Taenia solium (pork tapeworm) has a major impact on human health. Tapeworm eggs pass with the faeces and are infective for pigs. Humans can become infected by ingesting raw or undercooked, infected pork. Infection can result in two distinct conditions: taeniasis and cysticercosis.

Sep 5, 2021 · Taenia solium is a zoonotic tapeworm found globally but with particularly high transmission and hyperendemnicity in parts of Latin America, South and South-East Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Depending on its life cycle, it causes two distinct presentations in humans: taeniasis and (neuro) cysticercosis. Although people with taeniasis do not have severe …

Taenia solium / Cysticercosis is a disease associated with poverty and lacking access to clinical and laboratory diagnosis. Many cases remain undetected and unreported. In most countries, both human taeniasis and pig cysticercosis are not notifiable. This contributes to the lack of identifying, diagnosing and reporting Taenia solium ...

Apr 6, 2020 · Taenia solium taeniasis/cysticercosis infection is an important zoonosis of considerable (veterinary) public health concern that mainly affects poor communities. T. solium taeniasis/cysticercosis is also indicative of poor standards of sanitation and inappropriate pig husbandry practices. Neurocysticercosis is a disease induced by T. solium larvae penetrating …

Improving data on Taenia solium infections Robust surveillance data is fundamental to assess disease burden, take action and evaluate progress of control actions. As for other neglected diseases which occur in underserved populations and remote areas, data is especially scarce.

Taenia solium, the pig tapeworm, can induce two different types of infection in humans in different stages of its biological development cycle. Taeniasis is an intestinal infestation of adult tapeworms. It is acquired by humans through the ingestion of tapeworm larval cysts (cysticerci) in raw or undercooked pork.