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Microbiology Parasitology Pa 1 (Protozoology) e8d8ae72

The larval form of Taenia is referred as -

A
Cysticercus
B
Cysticercoid
C
Echinococcus
D
Conerus
High-Yield Explanation
Cysticercus is the larval stage of Taenia. It contains a muscular organ with bladder like sac. It is called as: T. solium - Cysticercus cellulosae: present in pig's muscle and also in man (muscle, eye and brain). Section through tissue infected with a bladderworm or cysticercus of Taenia solium: T.saginata - Cysticercus bovis: present in cattle's muscle, but not in man. Cysticercoid is the larva of Hymenolapis Nana. Coenurosis, also known as caenurosis, coenuriasis, gidorsturdy, is a parasitic infection that develops in the intermediate hosts of some tapeworm species (Taenia multiceps). `Echinococcus - cyst dis. caused by Echinococcus granulosus.

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