What Are The Different Types Of Tapeworm?
There are six types of tapeworm infections, classified by their source: • Beef tapeworm (Taenia saginata) This tapeworm comes from cows, and can be found wherever there is cattle farming. Humans who eat undercooked beef that has worm cysts can get infected. Beef tapeworm can grow up to 25 feet in length inside the human intestine. Taenia saginata or beef tapeworm • Pork tapeworm (Taenia solium) Although rare in the North America, this type of adult tapeworm infection is common in South America (including Mexico), Eastern Europe, India, China, and Southeast Asia. In addition to eating undercooked pork, a person can also get infected by eating or drinking contaminated food and water, as well as by hand-to-mouth contact after touching something that contains the tapeworm cysts. Pork tapeworm can grow up to 21 feet inside the intestine. In a disease called cysticerci, pork tapeworm larvae or cysts penetrate the intestine and travel through the bloodstream and infect various organs, such as
