RT Book, Section
A1 Overturf, Gary D.
A2 Rudolph, Colin D.
A2 Rudolph, Abraham M.
A2 Lister, George E.
A2 First, Lewis R.
A2 Gershon, Anne A.
SR Print(0)
ID 7031401
T1 Chapter 340. Taeniasis and Cysticercosis
T2 Rudolph's Pediatrics, 22e
YR 2011
FD 2011
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-149723-7
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=7031401
RD 2024/04/25
AB The  pork  tapeworm  Taenia  solium  and  the  beef  tapeworm  T  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  pork  tapeworm  is  uncommon  in  the  United  States  and  Canada,  although  larval  infection  (ie,  cysticercosis)  of  swine  may  still  occur.  In  many  areas  of  the  world,  especially  Mexico  and  parts  of  South  and  Central  America,  Africa,  southeastern  Europe,  India,  and  China,  infection  with  T  solium  is  relatively  common.  Human  infection  with  the  larval  stage  of  T  solium  (Cysticercus  cellulosae),  or  cysticercosis,  is  found  wherever  adult  T  solium  infection  is  common.1T  saginata  infection  occurs  among  those  who  eat  raw  or  insufficiently  cooked  beef.  Human  infection  with  larval  T  saginata  (Cysticercus  bovis)  almost  never  occurs.