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taeniasis

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taeniasis /tae·ni·a·sis/ (te-ni´ah-sis) infection with tapeworms of the genus Taenia.
tae·ni·a·sis or te·ni·a·sis (t-n-ss)
n.
Infestation with tapeworms.
Taeniasis
Parasitic infection caused by the presence of tapeworms from the Taenia genus, such as the pork tapeworm (Taenia solium) or the beef tapeworm (Taenia saginata).
Mentioned in: Tapeworm Diseases
taeniasis
[tēnī′əsis]
Etymology: Gk, tainia + osis, condition
an infection with a tapeworm of the genus Taenia. Transmission is through ingestion of undercooked pork containing cysticercus or food contaminated with pig feces containing eggs. See also tapeworm infection.
taeniasis [te-ni´ah-sis]
infection with tapeworms of the genus Taenia.
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Taeniasis and cysticercosis Human cysticercosis may result from the ingestion of the eggs of Taenia species, particularly T.
Taenia and Echinococcus infections in humans by Menezes, Colin Nigel; Grobusch, Martin Peter / CME: Your SA Journal of CPD
examines the scientific and laboratory aspects of these diseases along with public health and social considerations, especially in the cases of infectious diseases, fluke infestation (including liver flukes and minute intestinal fluke infestation), taeniasis, roundworm infestation (including paragpnimiasis and trichinellosis), cryptosporidiosis, diseases from marine animal ingestion, botulism, brucellosis and related diseases, cholera, typhoid, and shigllosis.
Focus on emerging food borne infections by SciTech Book News
Taeniasis is caused by taeniae, more commonly known as tapeworms.
DISEASE OF THE WEEK: TAPEWORM by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
 
 
 
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