TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Taeniasis and Cysticercosis
A1  - Dehority, Walter
A1  - Overturf, Gary D.
A2  - Kline, Mark W.
Y1  - 2018
N1  - 
T2  - Rudolph's Pediatrics, 23e
AB  - The  pork  tapeworm  Taenia  solium  and  the  beef  tapeworm  Taenia  saginata  are  the  most  common  tapeworms  of  humans.  The  diseases  associated  with  infection  by  these  organisms  have  been  known  since  ancient  times,  being  found  wherever  insufficiently  cooked  pork  or  beef  is  eaten.  Human  infection  with  the  larval  stage  of  T  solium  (Cysticercus  cellulosae),  or  cysticercosis,  is  found  in  places  where  adult  T  solium  infection  is  common.  T  saginata  infection  occurs  among  those  who  eat  raw  or  insufficiently  cooked  beef.  As  opposed  to  T  solium,  human  infection  with  larval  T  saginata  (Cysticercus  bovis)  almost  never  occurs.  Both  parasites  are  responsible  for  a  tremendous  burden  of  disease  globally,  with  neurocysticercosis  due  to  T  solium  being  one  of  the  most  important  causes  of  seizures  worldwide.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182904318
ER  -