Microbiology

Taenia saginata (beef tapeworm) causes less serious infection than taenia solium (pork tapeworm), because -

Acute intestinal blockage is less common in beef tapeworm infection

Unlike T. saginata, T. solium produces neurocysticercosis, which results in serious lesions in humans because of toxic byproducts formed

Larval invasion does not occur in beef tapeworm infection.

The adult beef tapeworms are smaller