Taenia solium
Intestinal ribbon worm
Taenia solium is the pork tapeworm, a parasitic flatworm that infects humans who consume undercooked pork containing larvae.
The adult worm inhabits the intestines and can grow several meters long.
More dangerously, ingesting the eggs can cause cysticercosis, where larvae form cysts in tissues including the brain, potentially causing seizures and neurological damage.
- tapewormSegmented intestinal parasite
- porkPig as food
- parasiteOne exploiting a host
- intestineDigestive tract organ
- larvaeImmature metamorphosing creatures
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- brain parasitesbrain parasites, brain worm, brain-eating amoeba, neurocysticercosis, Toxoplasma gondii