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==Overview== | |||
Cysticesrosis is caused by infestation of the larvae of [[Taenia solium]] to various tissues (Brain, Muscles, eye ,etc). | |||
==Causes== | |||
*Cysticercosis is caused by the larval form of ''[[Taenia solium]]'' (pork tapeworm). ''[[Taenia solium]]'' is a member of [[Phylum]] [[Platyhelminthes]], class [[Cestoda]], Order [[Cyclophyllidea]] and family [[Taeniidae]]. The common larval stage of ''[[Taenia solium]]'' was also known as [[Cysticercus cellulosae]]. | |||
*T. solium worms may reach a length of several meters. | |||
*The [[scolex]] has four suckers, and a double crown of prominent hooks, which attach to the intestinal mucosa.''[[Taenia solium|T. solium]]'' eggs are spherical and 30 to 40 µm in diameter.<ref name="three">Davis, LE. “Neurocysticercosis” Emerging Neurological Infections edited by Power, C and Johnson RT. Taylor & Francis Group, 2005. 261-287.</ref> | |||
*The cysticercus larva completes development in about 2 months. It is semi-transparent, opalescent white, and elongate oval in shape and may reach a length of 0.6 to 1.8 cm. | |||
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Image: Taenia solium08.jpeg| Micrograph reveals the morphology of a Taenia solium tapeworm scolex with its four suckers, and two rows of hooks. <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL> | |||
Image: Taenia solium06.jpeg|Iimage depicts two Taenia solium cysticerci, which represent the larval, or intermediate, immature developmental stages of this pork tapeworm. <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL> | |||
Image: Taenia solium05.jpeg|Photomicrograph depicted the “scolex”, or head region of the cestode, Taenia saginata tapeworm. <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL> | |||
Image: Taenia solium03.jpeg|Photomicrograph of a brain tissue specimen revealed the presence of cysticerci in a case of cysticercosis, an infection due to the ingestion of eggs of a pork tapeworm, Taenia solium. Infestation of the brain tissue by larval tapeworms is known as neurocysticercosis (100X mag). <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL> | |||
Image: Cysticercosis10.jpeg|Photomicrograph depicts some of the ultrastructural details exhibited by a Taenia sp. ovum, i.e., egg (400X mag). <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL> | |||
Image: Cysticercosis09.jpeg|Photomicrograph depicts some of the ultrastructural morphology exhibited by three Taenia solium proglottids (8X mag). <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL> | |||
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Overview
Cysticesrosis is caused by infestation of the larvae of Taenia solium to various tissues (Brain, Muscles, eye ,etc).
Causes
- Cysticercosis is caused by the larval form of Taenia solium (pork tapeworm). Taenia solium is a member of Phylum Platyhelminthes, class Cestoda, Order Cyclophyllidea and family Taeniidae. The common larval stage of Taenia solium was also known as Cysticercus cellulosae.
- T. solium worms may reach a length of several meters.
- The scolex has four suckers, and a double crown of prominent hooks, which attach to the intestinal mucosa.T. solium eggs are spherical and 30 to 40 µm in diameter.[1]
- The cysticercus larva completes development in about 2 months. It is semi-transparent, opalescent white, and elongate oval in shape and may reach a length of 0.6 to 1.8 cm.
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Micrograph reveals the morphology of a Taenia solium tapeworm scolex with its four suckers, and two rows of hooks. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [2]
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Iimage depicts two Taenia solium cysticerci, which represent the larval, or intermediate, immature developmental stages of this pork tapeworm. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [2]
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Photomicrograph depicted the “scolex”, or head region of the cestode, Taenia saginata tapeworm. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [2]
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Photomicrograph of a brain tissue specimen revealed the presence of cysticerci in a case of cysticercosis, an infection due to the ingestion of eggs of a pork tapeworm, Taenia solium. Infestation of the brain tissue by larval tapeworms is known as neurocysticercosis (100X mag). From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [2]
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Photomicrograph depicts some of the ultrastructural details exhibited by a Taenia sp. ovum, i.e., egg (400X mag). From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [2]
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Photomicrograph depicts some of the ultrastructural morphology exhibited by three Taenia solium proglottids (8X mag). From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [2]
References