Taenia solium

**Semantic type:** Animal

**Definition:** A species of parasitic cestodes in the genus Taenia that is acquired through the ingestion of infected porcine tissue. Humans are the definitive host of the adult cestodes, resulting in taeniasis. Taenia solium also causes cysticercosis, a tissue infection caused by larval cysts, which results when humans serve as an intermediate host.

**Synonyms:** - Cysticercus cellulosae - Pork Tapeworm - TAENIA SOLIUM