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... > Eukaryota > Animals > Invertebrates > Helminths > Platyhelminths > Cestoda > Taenia > Taenia solium

Preferred term

Taenia solium  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Pork Tapeworm
  • Pork Tapeworms
  • Tapeworm, Pork
  • Tapeworms, Pork

Note

  • infection = TAENIASIS; larval form = CYSTICERCUS, its infection = CYSTICERCOSIS

Scope note

  • Species of tapeworm in the genus TAENIA, that infects swine. It is acquired by humans through the ingestion of cured or undercooked pork.

History note

  • 2003

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D041201

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