Consumption of uncooked pork is likely to cause which of the following helminthic disease?
Correct Answer: Taenia solium
Description: Taenia solium – Causative agent of CYSTICERCOSIS.
→ Definitive host = Adult worm lives in jejunum of man.
Intermediate host = Pig
Infected stage for pig = Eggs containing hexacanth larvae, so eggs are infective for both man & pig.
Infective stage for man:
Pork’s flesh containing cysticercus cellulosae larvae or bladder worm.
Also by eggs either by ingestion in water/vegetables
Autoinfection by fingers contaminated with eggs from perianal skin or feces and retrograde peristalsis.
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Microbiology
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