Although many species exist, two species, Taenia saginata and Taenia solium, ... Life cycle differences include possible autoinfection route in T. solium, ...

Humans carry three tapeworms - Taenia solium, T. saginata and T. asiatica - as ... Autoinfection might also account for cases of T. crassiceps cysticercosis ...

Humans are infected either by ingestion of food contaminated with feces, or by autoinfection. In the latter case, a human infected with adult T.

solium in various organs. Humans develop cysticercosis from ingestion of T. solium egg excreted by themselves (autoinfection), or by a human ...

Three cestodes that cause human disease are Taenia solium (pork ... [3] Autoinfection is possible through this route when an infected person ...

The larval stage of the pork tapeworm (Taenia solium) infects the human nervous system, causing neurocysticercosis. This disease is one of the main causes ...

Taeniasis is an intestinal infection caused by 3 species of tapeworm: Taenia solium (pork tapeworm), Taenia saginata (beef tapeworm) and Taenia ...

5. Pigs or humans become infected by ingesting embryonated eggs or gravid proglottids (eg, in fecally contaminated food). Autoinfection may occur in humans if ...

Cysticercosis is the disease associated with the development of the larval form (cysticercus) of the pork tapeworm, Taenia solium, ...