NCIt related terms : Pork Tapeworm; Cysticercus cellulosae;
NCIt definition : A species of parasitic cestodes in the genus Taenia that is acquired through the ingestion
of infected porcine tissue. Humans are the definitive host of the adult cestodes,
resulting in taeniasis. Taenia solium also causes cysticercosis, a tissue infection
caused by larval cysts, which results when humans serve as an intermediate host.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: Any cestode parasite that can be assigned to the species Taenia solium.;