Tapeworms of the genus Taenia were among the first parasitic worms which were recognized to cause infection in man from some of the earliest medical writing; it appears that the large tapeworms of man were known to prehistoric hunters. Hippocrates (460 BC- 377 BC) gave description of Taenia saginata and established its relationship with passing of excreted segments in the faeces. T. saginata and T. solium are two major species known to cause zoonotic, taeniasis in man. However in 1994 a new species known as Taenia saginata asiatica or Taiwan taenia or Asian taenia, which is closely related to...
Tapeworms of the genus Taenia were among the first parasitic worms which were recognized to cause infection in man from some of the earliest medical w...
