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Beef tapeworm

Name(s):

Taenia saginata

Nature

Humans acquire the infection by eating the undercooked flesh of cattle. While the infection does not usually present symptoms, stomach pain, diarrhoea and weight loss may occur. Detached whitish-yellow opaque segments of the tapeworm are motile and can emerge spontaneously from the rectum - the positive diagnosis of a tapeworm infection. Medications are available for treatment. Prevention includes eating beef that has gone through inspection and/or is well-cooked.

Incidence

Beef tapeworm [Taenia saginata] is common in Mexico, South America, Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Broader

Zoonoses

Tapeworm as a parasite

Aggravated by

Infected cattle

Reference(s)

Flisser, Ana, et al: Cysticercosis: symposium

Type

(E) Emanations of other problems

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