Taenia solium

YCONG, JOLINA L.
BMLS 2A
 Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Plati Helmenthis
Class: Cestoda
Order: Cyclophyllidea
Family: Taeniidae
Genus: Taenia
Species: solium

Taxonomy
  Known as the "pork tapeworm"
 Tapeworm infections have been recorded in history
from 1500 B.C.
 Have been recognized as one of the earliest human
parasites. 
 Taenia solium infection has been recognized since
biblical times
 Parasite life cycle has been identified by the 1850s.
 T. solium and T. saginata are very similar, the
extraintestinal T. solium infection is far more
dangerous and serious.

History
 SCOLEX GRAVID
PROGLOTTID
ADULT
•4 acetabula •7-13 later
•2-4m in branches
•more spherical than •less active
length than
•8,000-
10,000 beef tapeworm T. saginata
proglottids •cusion-like rostellum •30,000-
50,000 ova
•with double crown of
25-30 large and small
hooks
EGGS

•30-45um
•thick brown
striated

Parasite Biology
embryophore
•ingested by hogs
•oncosphere are
release in the
intestine
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Life Cycle
 SCOLEX ATTACHES
INTESTINAL INFECTION TO MUCOSA

2 MONTHS OF
INFECTION

GRAND
PROGLOTTIDS IN

Pathogenesis FAECES (60,000)

EGGS

MINOR SYMPTOMS-
ABDOMINAL PAIN
DIARRHEA NAUSEA
CYSTICERCOSIS

•Cysticerci often multiple and can develop in any

organ or tissue
•Located in muscle and brain
•Also in subcutaneous tissues, eye, heart, lung
and peritoneum

Pathogenesis
MOSTLY
ASYMPTOMATIC

INCUBATION

DEPENDS ON LOCATION
OF CYST

Neurocysticercosis

Clinical
Manifestation
 TAENIASIS CYSTICERCOSIS

DIRECT FECAL EXAMINATION Computed Axial

Tomography (CAT) scans

CONCENTRATION TECHNIQUES Nuclear Magnetic

Resonance Imaging
(MRI)

CELOPHANE TAPE
TECHNIQUES Serologic Tests:
ELISA
EITB

Diagnosis
TAENASIS
Praziquantel (5-10mg/kg, single dose for adults and children)
Niclosamide (not available locally)
Criteria for cure:
a) Recovery of the scolex
b) A negative stool examination 3 months after treatment.

CYSTICEROSIS
Praziquantel (50-70mg/kg divided into three dose for 30 days)
Albendazole (400mg twice daily for 8-30 days)

Treatment
Epidemiology
•the distribution of T. solium infection
is highly related to the habit of eating
raw or improperly cooked pork
•common in Slavic countries, Latin
America, Southeast Asia, China and
India.
 Thorough cooking of
meat is a primary
measure.
Freezing at 20°C for 10
days kills the cysticerci
Sanitary inspection of
all slaughtered pigs
should be done.
Meat inspection should
be include examination
of the liver as well.

Prevention and Control

 Belizario Jr., V. Y. 2015 "Medical Parasitology
in the Philippines"
Cabrera, B. D. 1965. "Case Report: Multiple
Infection with Adult Taenia Solium." Acta
Med Philipp
Pearson, R. D. 2018 "Taenia Solium
Infection and Cysticercosis.." University of
Virginia School of Medicine

Reference