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Taeniasis



Taeniasis: Introduction

Infection by a particular type of tapeworm e.g. beef tapeworm, pork tapeworm. Humans become infected usually through eating raw or undercooked beef or pork which is infected with the tapeworm. The tapeworms can live in the human digestive tract for several years and can grow many meters in length - up to 25 meters! Taeniasis often produces no symptoms.

Symptoms of Taeniasis

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  • "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)" (2005)

Book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

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Clinical Trials for Taeniasis

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

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Definitions of Taeniasis:

Taeniasis is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Taeniasis, or a subtype of Taeniasis, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)


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