Taenia solium 
Pork tapeworm of humans
  • Worldwide
  • 15 to 24 ft long, survives 25 years
  • Larval tapeworms in swine
Life Cycle
DH: Humans (small intestine)
Gravid proglottids passed in feces
IH: Swine 
Larval stage or metacestode: Cysticercus cellulosae (bladder worm) in muscles.

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