Tapeworm ( Taenia solium ) - IgG antibodies

• The test material is blood.
• The patient does not need to be fasting.About 30 minutes before the test, it is advisable to drink a glass of water or bitter(unsweetened) tea.

Taenia solium is a 2-7 m long tapeworm that is found in the small intestine in humans and other animal species. Tapeworms produce segments called proglottids. These segments contain mature eggs and, detaching one by one from the tapeworm's body, leave the host's body with the feces. After ingestion, by a suitable intermediate host (pigs and other animals as well as humans), the eggs release the oncosphere, reach the intestinal wall and migrate to the striated muscles, brain, liver and other tissues of the host, where they develop into whiskers (cysticercus).
In the human intestine, cysticerci transform into adult tapeworms within 2 months and can live up to 25 years.
An important parasitic infection caused by Taenia solium is anthrax, which can involve the eyes and central nervous system.
Mechanism of infection: Ingestion of undercooked pork containing whiskers or ingestion of Taenia solium eggs with contaminated food or water.

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