A 50-year-old pig farmer in central Mexico presents with subcutaneous nodules and epilepsy. CT brain shows multiple cystic lesions. Taenia solium cyst...

Question

A 50-year-old pig farmer in central Mexico presents with subcutaneous nodules and epilepsy. CT brain shows multiple cystic lesions. Taenia solium cysticercosis is suspected. How does a human acquire cysticercosis (as opposed to taeniasis)?

Accepted Answer

By ingesting T. solium eggs through faecal-oral contamination from a tapeworm carrier

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By eating undercooked pork containing cysticerci

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By mosquito bite

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By skin penetration of larvae from contaminated soil

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By eating raw freshwater fish

uk-dtmh MCQ (SBA): Cysticercosis Transmission

A 50-year-old pig farmer in central Mexico presents with subcutaneous nodules and epilepsy. CT brain shows multiple cystic lesions. Taenia solium cysticercosis is suspected. How does a human acquire cysticercosis (as opposed to taeniasis)?