teniasis /te·ni·a·sis/ (te-ni´ah-sis) taeniasis.
teniasis
teniasis
te·ni·a·sis (t -n   -s s)n. Variant of taeniasis. |
teniasis
[tēnī′əsis]
an infection of intestinal tapeworms of the genus Taenia.
teniasis
infection with tapeworms of the genus Taenia. The adult tapeworms do not cause a clinically recognizable disease. The larval stages may cause clinical signs described under coenurosis or cysticercosis.
teniasis
Tapeworm infection Parasitology Tapeworm infection acquired by eating raw or undercooked beef–Taenia saginata or pork–T solium; larvae from infected meat develop in the human intestine into the adult
tapeworm, attaining lengths up to 4 m; each segment/proglottid can produce eggs, which are dispersed by proglottids as they detach and pass with the stool; T saginata proglottids are motile and actively exit via the anus; in absence of
appropriate hygiene, Pts may become self-infected by ingesting eggs from their own tapeworms, which they pick up as they pick on their hindend; eggs hatch in the GI tract, larvae migrate through tissue and encyst; CNS
larvae–cysticercosis–cause seizures, neurologic defects. See Diphyllobothrium latum.
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