Taeniasis/cysticercosis - World Health Organization (WHO)
2022年1月11日 · Taeniasis is an intestinal infection caused by 3 species of tapeworm: Taenia solium (pork tapeworm), Taenia saginata (beef tapeworm) and Taenia asiatica. Humans can become infected with T. saginata or T. asiatica when they consume infected beef meat or pig liver tissue, respectively, which has not been adequately cooked, but taeniasis due to T ...
Taeniasis and cysticercosis - World Health Organization (WHO)
2023年9月16日 · Taeniasis is the intestinal infection with the tapeworm and it occurs when a person eats raw or undercooked, infected pork. Taeniasis has no major impact on human health. However, tapeworm eggs pass in the faeces of the tapeworm carrier and in the absence of a proper sanitation may contaminate the environment.
Neglected tropical diseases: Taeniasis and cysticercosis
2020年4月6日 · Taenia solium taeniasis/cysticercosis infection is an important zoonosis of considerable (veterinary) public health concern that mainly affects poor communities. T. solium taeniasis/cysticercosis is also indicative of poor standards of sanitation and inappropriate pig husbandry practices. Neurocysticercosis is a disease induced by T. solium larvae penetrating …
Taeniasis and cysticercosis - World Health Organization (WHO)
Taeniasis is an intestinal infestation of adult tapeworms. It is acquired by humans through the ingestion of tapeworm larval cysts (cysticerci) in raw or undercooked pork. It is acquired by humans through the ingestion of tapeworm larval cysts (cysticerci) in raw or undercooked pork.
Tapeworm (Taeniasis and cysticercosis) - World Health …
2021年1月20日 · Adult tapeworms cause an intestinal infection called Taeniasis, of which Taenia solium (pork tapeworm) has a major impact on human health. Tapeworm eggs pass with the faeces and are infective for pigs. Humans can become infected by ingesting raw or undercooked, infected pork. Infection can result in two distinct conditions: taeniasis and cysticercosis.
Taeniasis: large-scale treatment shows interesting and far …
2021年2月15日 · A three-year pilot project for the control of taeniasis in Madagascar has shown very interesting and far-reaching results. Eligible adults and children aged five and over in 52 villages in the District of Antanifotsy were treated with the medicine praziquantel (at a dose of 10 mg/kg). The medicine was well-tolerated, with no major side events reported throughout the …
WHO guidelines on management of Taenia solium …
2021年9月2日 · Taenia solium is a zoonotic tapeworm found globally but with particularly high transmission and hyperendemnicity in parts of Latin America, South and South-East Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Depending on its life cycle, it causes two distinct presentations in humans: taeniasis and (neuro) cysticercosis. Although people with taeniasis do not have severe …
Study reviews efficacy and safety of drugs against taeniasis caused …
2020年2月25日 · Preventive chemotherapy is one of the tools used for the control of cysticercosis, by treating taeniasis, caused by the parasite Taenia solium (also known as the pork tapeworm). In its adult tapeworm form, T. solium infection in humans is known as taeniasis. Taeniasis can be treated with anthelmintic drugs.
Guideline for Preventive Chemotherapy for the Control of Taenia …
2021年9月5日 · Taenia solium is a zoonotic tapeworm found globally but with particularly high transmission and hyperendemnicity in parts of Latin America, South and South-East Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Depending on its life cycle, it causes two distinct presentations in humans: taeniasis and (neuro) cysticercosis. Although people with taeniasis do not have severe …
New on-line course on the control of taeniasis/cysticercosis
2020年1月15日 · Preventive chemotherapy is one of the tools used for the control of cysticercosis, by treating taeniasis, caused by the parasite Taenia solium (also known as the pork tapeworm). In its adult tapeworm form, T. solium infection in humans is known as taeniasis. Taeniasis can be treated with anthelmintic drugs.