Pdf on dec 20, 2015, angel a escobedo and others published taenia saginata y taenia solium find, read and cite all the research you. Taeniasis is the infection of humans with the adult tapeworm of taenia saginata or taenia solium. Meat must be cooked up to the safest temperature so that the larval cyst is killed before consumption. Humans are the definitive hosts for taenia solium the pork tapeworm and t.
Taenia saginata beef tapeworm, taenia solium pork tapeworm or taenia asiatica asian tapeworm. Taenia saginata, the beef tapeworm, and taenia solium, the pork tapeworm, are the most common tapeworms affecting humans. We also detected antibodies against cysticercosis, an infection caused by eat ing the eggs of taenia solium, the pork tapeworm. Several proglottids expelled after medication with praziquantel were morphologically and molecularly confirmed to be t. Taenia saginata is the most common human tapeworm worldwide but has been unknown in myanmar. In india, it is particularly prevalent amongst mohammedans. Diagnostic tools for taenia solium and taenia saginata. Taenia saginata synonym taeniarhynchus saginatus, commonly known as the beef tapeworm, is a zoonotic tapeworm belonging to the order cyclophyllidea and genus taenia. The following preventive measures are helpful in controlling the spread of taenia saginata infection. Taenia saginata is one of two agents responsible for human taeniasis, the other being. Epidemiology of taenia saginata taeniosiscysticercosis parasites. Cattle are the intermediate hosts, where larval development occurs, while humans are definitive hosts harbouring the. Taenia saginata was differentiated from taenia solium infection by the late 1700s.
Teniasis por taenia solium, taenia saginata y taenia. Tim odempsey, in antibiotic and chemotherapy ninth edition, 2010. The distribution of taenia saginata in the americas is unclear. General recognition features can be 10 meters long though usually 25 meters 2000 proglottids 1 cm long with 12 being gravid proglottids have 1520 lateral branches from the uterus and a lateral genital pore scolex has 4 suckers with a slight apical depression and no hooklets. But is not generally found amongst hindu community who do not as a rule eat beef. Su escolex es inerme, piriforme y con cuatro ventosas, pero sin rostelo ni ganchos. Taenia solium and taenia saginata linkedin slideshare. Molecular diagnosis of taenia saginata tapeworm infection. Infection with the larval form of taenia solium, t. It is an intestinal parasite in humans causing taeniasis a type of helminthiasis and cysticercosis in cattle. Difference between taenia solium and taenia saginata.