Name
Greek: tainia = tape. Latin: solus = alone. English: pork tapeworm.
Geographic Distribution/Epidemiology
Worldwide.
Morphology/Life Cycle
The adult hermaphroditic tapeworm reaches a length of 3–6 m and lives in contrast to its English trivial name inside the intestine of humans and primates (Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4). The scolex is armed by a hooked rostrum and four suckers, which help this tiny, only 1–2-mm-sized adhesion apparatus which remains firmly attached at the wall of the small intestine. There are in total 26–32 hooks, which comprise small and large ones (Fig. 2). The body = strobila of the adult worm represents a long whitish band which is segmented and thus appears as a “chain” of so-called proglottids. Close to the scolex and the following neck (= zone of differentiation) the proglottids contain fully active male sexual organs (numerous small spherical testes). In the middle region of the worm, the proglottids are filled with the organs of the female system, and in the...
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Mehlhorn H (2012) The parasites of animals, 7th edn. Springer Spektrum, Heidelberg
Mehlhorn H et al (1981) On the nature of proglottids in cestodes. Parasitol Res 65:243–259
Mkupasi EM et al (2013) Efficacy of ivermectin and oxyfendazole against Taenia solium cysticercosis and other parasitoses in naturally infected pigs. Acta Trop 128:48–53
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Mehlhorn, H. (2016). Taenia solium . In: Mehlhorn, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Parasitology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-43978-4_3093
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