Jeanette Magne- Aarhus University
Jeanette Magne
- Aarhus University
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![The (simplified) life cycle of Taenia solium, modified from [7]
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The pork tapeworm Taenia solium is a zoonotic food-borne parasite endemic in many developing countries causing human cysticercosis and taeniosis as well as porcine cysticercosis. It mainly affects the health of rural smallholder pig farmers and their communities, resulting in lower health status, reduced pork quality, and economic loss due to conde...
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Taenia solium taeniosis is a growing health problem in large parts of the world including Sub-Saharan Africa. Humans are infected by eating undercooked pork with T. solium metacestodes, which cause taeniosis. The aim of the present study was to assess the effect of increasing temperatures on T. solium metacestode viability in pork.
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