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    This document discusses helminth parasites that can infect humans, including Taenia solium (pork tapeworm). T. solium is commonly acquired by ingesting undercooked pork contaminated with the parasite's larval cysts. Tapeworm carriers can contaminate the environment with eggs excreted in their feces, infecting others through poor hygiene or contaminated food/water. The cysts can develop in organs and cause neurological symptoms. Proper hygiene and regular deworming are recommended for prevention and control of helminth infections, which can sometimes occur as mixed infections with more than one parasite.

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    This document discusses helminth parasites that can infect humans, including Taenia solium (pork tapeworm). T. solium is commonly acquired by ingesting undercooked pork contaminated with the parasite's larval cysts. Tapeworm carriers can contaminate the environment with eggs excreted in their feces, infecting others through poor hygiene or contaminated food/water. The cysts can develop in organs and cause neurological symptoms. Proper hygiene and regular deworming are recommended for prevention and control of helminth infections, which can sometimes occur as mixed infections with more than one parasite.

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    Kimberly Wen Abdula
    This document discusses helminth parasites that can infect humans, including Taenia solium (pork tapeworm). T. solium is commonly acquired by ingesting undercooked pork contaminated with the parasite's larval cysts. Tapeworm carriers can contaminate the environment with eggs excreted in their feces, infecting others through poor hygiene or contaminated food/water. The cysts can develop in organs and cause neurological symptoms. Proper hygiene and regular deworming are recommended for prevention and control of helminth infections, which can sometimes occur as mixed infections with more than one parasite.

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    HELMINTH INFECTION

    HELMINTH PARASITES
    Toxocara spp. and Ancyclostoma spp.
    Thelazia spp. (Eye worm)
    Enterobius vermicularis (Human pinworm)
    Taenia solium
    • Commonly known as
    pork tapeworm
    • Found in the intestine
    • Length of adult worms is
    usually 2 to 7 m for T.
    solium
    • Humans usually acquire
    infection through
    ingestion of
    contaminated pork meat.
    • Ingestion of the parasite's larval cysts (cysticerci) in undercooked and
    infected pork.
    • Human tapeworm carriers excrete tapeworm eggs in their faeces and
    contaminate the environment when they defecate in open areas.
    - poor hygiene (via the fecal-oral route) or ingesting contaminated
    food or water.
    • Develop in various organs of the human body
    - they can cause neurological symptoms (neurocysticercosis),
    including epileptic seizures.
    Prevention and Control
    • Management Practices
    Proper hygiene
    • Regular deworming
    FAQs

    How will I know if my pet/animal need deworming?


    FAQs

    Is it possible to have more than one helminth infection?


    Mixed infections

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