Taeniasis

Taeniasis
Classification and external resources
ICD-10	B 68.
ICD-9	123.3
DiseasesDB	12875
MedlinePlus	001391
eMedicine	ped/2201
MeSH	D013622

Taeniasis is a form of tapeworm infection which is caused by tapeworms of the genus Taenia.

It is caused by taenia solium which lives in the human intestine. It absorbs digested food of the host through its skin. It spreads through contaminated food, water and improperly cooked beef or pork.

External links

http://www.stanford.edu/class/humbio103/ParaSites2004/Taeniasis/index.htm

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Infectious diseases · Parasitic disease: helminthiases (B65-B83, 120-129)

Flatworm/
platyhelminth

Fluke/trematode
(Trematode infection)

Cestoda
(Tapeworm infection)

Cyclophyllidea	Echinococcus granulosus/Echinococcus multilocularis (Echinococcosis) · Taenia saginata (beef)/Taenia solium (pork) (Taeniasis/Cysticercosis) · Hymenolepis nana/Hymenolepis diminuta (Hymenolepiasis)

Pseudophyllidea	Diphyllobothrium latum (Diphyllobothriasis) · Spirometra erinaceieuropaei (Sparganosis) · Diphyllobothrium mansonoides (Sparganosis)

Roundworm/nematode
(Nematode infection)

Secernentea

Spirurida

Camallanina

Dracunculus medinensis (Dracunculiasis)

Spirurina

Filarioidea (Filariasis)	Onchocerca volvulus (Onchocerciasis) · Loa loa (Loa loa filariasis) · Mansonella (Mansonelliasis) · Dirofilaria repens (Dirofilariasis) Wuchereria bancrofti · Brugia malayi · Brugia timori

Thelazioidea	Gnathostoma (Gnathostomiasis) · Thelazia (Thelaziasis)

Spiruroidea	Gongylonema

Strongylida
(hookworm)

Ancylostoma duodenale/Ancylostoma braziliense (Ancylostomiasis, Cutaneous larva migrans) · Necator americanus (Necatoriasis) · Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Angiostrongyliasis) · Metastrongylus (Metastrongylosis)

Ascaridida

Ascaris lumbricoides (Ascariasis) · Anisakis (Anisakiasis) · Toxocara canis/Toxocara cati (Visceral larva migrans/Toxocariasis) · Baylisascaris

Rhabditida

Strongyloides stercoralis (Strongyloidiasis)

Oxyurida

Enterobius vermicularis (Enterobiasis · Pinworm)

Adenophorea

Trichinella spiralis (Trichinosis) · Trichuris trichiura (Trichuriasis · Whipworm) · Capillaria philippinensis (Intestinal capillariasis) · Capillaria hepatica

see also drugs

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Taeniasis

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