Cysticerosis

Question 1

What are the causative organism for Cysticercosis?

Answer 1

Taenia solium (pork tapeworm)

Question 2

What form of Cysticerosis is Taenia solium?

Answer 2

Helminth

Question 3

What type of helminth is Taenia solium?

Answer 3

Pork tapeworm

Question 4

What are the most common modes of transmission for Cysticerosis (Taenia solium)?

Answer 4

Cycle C: vehicle (pork), fecal-oral

Question 5

What are the virulence factors for Cysticerosis (Taenia solium)?

Question 6

How do you culture/diagnose Cysticerosis (Taenia solium)?

Answer 6

Blood count, serology, egg or worm detection

Question 7

How do you prevent Cysticerosis (Taenia solium)?

Answer 7

Cook meat, avoid pig feces

Question 8

How do you treat Cysticerosis (Taenia solium)?

Answer 8

Praziquantel

Question 9

What are the distinctive features of Cysticerosis (Taenia solium)?

Answer 9

Ingesting larvae embedded in pork leads to intestinal tapeworms; ingesting eggs (fecal-oral route) causes Cysticerosis, larval cysts embedded in tissue of new host

Question 10

What are the epidemiological features of Cysticerosis (Taenia solium)?

Answer 10

United States: considered a neglected parasitic infection, common cause of seizures; internationally: very common in Latin America and Asia