Pork tapeworm corresponds to which species name?

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Pork tapeworm corresponds to which species name?

Pork tapeworm is Taenia solium. This species is a cestode that humans host as an adult in the intestine after eating undercooked pork containing cysticerci. It’s distinguished from Taenia saginata, the beef tapeworm, which comes from beef rather than pork. The other two organisms listed are nematodes, not tapeworms: Ascaris lumbricoides is the large roundworm, and Enterobius vermicularis is the pinworm. So the correct scientific name for the pork tapeworm is Taenia solium.

Pork tapeworm is Taenia solium. This species is a cestode that humans host as an adult in the intestine after eating undercooked pork containing cysticerci. It’s distinguished from Taenia saginata, the beef tapeworm, which comes from beef rather than pork. The other two organisms listed are nematodes, not tapeworms: Ascaris lumbricoides is the large roundworm, and Enterobius vermicularis is the pinworm. So the correct scientific name for the pork tapeworm is Taenia solium.

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