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

Preferred term

Taenia saginata  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Beef Tapeworm
  • Beef Tapeworms
  • Tapeworm, Beef
  • Tapeworms, Beef

Note

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

Scope note

  • Species of tapeworm in the genus TAENIA, that infects cattle. It is acquired by humans through the ingestion of raw or insufficiently cooked beef.

History note

  • 2003

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D041202

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