Taenia saginata (Beef Tapeworm)
Introduction Taenia saginata, commonly known as the beef tapeworm, is a parasitic cestode of major medical and veterinary importance. Belonging to the phylum Platyhelminthes and class Cestoda, it infects humans as the definitive host and cattle as the intermediate host. Humans acquire taeniasis by consuming raw or undercooked beef containing the infectious larval stage, called […]