A 35-year-old woman from rural Fujian Province, China, presents with epilepsy. CT brain shows a solitary calcified granuloma in the right frontal cort...

Question

A 35-year-old woman from rural Fujian Province, China, presents with epilepsy. CT brain shows a solitary calcified granuloma in the right frontal cortex. She has a history of pig farming. Taenia solium serology (enzyme-linked immunoelectrotransfer blot, EITB) is positive. What is the difference between taeniasis and cysticercosis in terms of the lifecycle stage involved?

Accepted Answer

Taeniasis is the intestinal infection with the adult tapeworm; cysticercosis is the tissue infection with the larval cysticercus stage

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Taeniasis and cysticercosis are the same disease

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Taeniasis is the larval infection; cysticercosis is the adult worm infection

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Taeniasis is caused by T. solium; cysticercosis is caused by T. saginata

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Taeniasis occurs only in pigs; cysticercosis occurs only in humans

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