articles about Taenia

The government will work on the development of a plan that allows them to know the situation regarding diseases such as Cysticercosis, Neurocysticercosis and Taeniasis.

A new chapter on Taenia solium, a type of tapeworm transmissible to humans via contaminated pig meat, was added to the Terrestrial Code.

Institutions from eighteen European countries have recently built a strong, multi-disciplinary scientific network to advance knowledge and understanding of these zoonotic disease complexes.

A field study with a vaccine against the pork tapeworm, in spite of its name one of the tapeworms affecting humans, was able to break the infection cycle. It is the first time a vaccine against a parasite can eliminate transmission. The study was carried out in Cameroon by Emmanuel Assana, researcher at the Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp.