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Microbiology General 74de009c

Consumption of uncooked pork is likely to cause which of the following helminthic disease?

A
Taenia saginata
B
Taenia solium
C
Hydatid cyst
D
Trichuris trichura
High-Yield Explanation
Taenia solium – Causative agent of CYSTICERCOSIS. → Definitive host = Adult worm lives in jejunum of man. Intermediate host = Pig Infected stage for pig = Eggs containing hexacanth larvae, so eggs are infective for both man & pig. Infective stage for man: Pork’s flesh containing cysticercus cellulosae larvae or bladder worm. Also by eggs either by ingestion in water/vegetables Autoinfection by fingers contaminated with  eggs from perianal skin or feces and retrograde peristalsis.

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