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Descriptor English: Taenia solium
Descriptor Spanish: Taenia solium
Descriptor Taenia solium
Scope note: Especie de tenia del género TAENIA, que infecta al ganado porcino. Los seres humanos la adquieren por la ingestión de carne de cerdo curada o porco hecha.
Descriptor Portuguese: Taenia solium
Descriptor French: Taenia solium
Entry term(s): Pork Tapeworm
Pork Tapeworms
Taenia soliums
Tapeworm, Pork
Tapeworms, Pork
soliums, Taenia
Tree number(s): B01.050.500.500.736.215.895.775
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D041201
Scope note: Species of tapeworm in the genus TAENIA, that infects swine. It is acquired by humans through the ingestion of cured or undercooked pork.
Annotation: infection = TAENIASIS; larval form = CYSTICERCUS, its infection = CYSTICERCOSIS
Allowable Qualifiers: AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Taenia (1965-2002)
Public MeSH Note: 2003
History Note: 2003
DeCS ID: 36565
Unique ID: D041201
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Date Established: 2003/01/01
Date of Entry: 2002/07/03
Revision Date: 2016/06/28
Taenia solium - Preferred
Concept UI M0425769
Scope note Species of tapeworm in the genus TAENIA, that infects swine. It is acquired by humans through the ingestion of cured or undercooked pork.
Preferred term Taenia solium
Entry term(s) Pork Tapeworm
Pork Tapeworms
Taenia soliums
Tapeworm, Pork
Tapeworms, Pork
soliums, Taenia



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