This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: None, Subject name: Microbiology
Consumption of uncooked pork is likely to cause which of the following helminthic disease? 
Select and explain. 
A. Taenia saginata, B. Taenia solium, C. Hydatid cyst, D. Trichuris trichura
B: Taenia solium
Answer: B: Taenia solium 
Explanation: Taenia solium – Causative agent of CYSTICERCOSIS.
→ Deﬁnitive host = Adult worm lives in jejunum of man.

Intermediate host = Pig
Infected stage for pig = Eggs containing hexacanth larvae, so eggs are infective for both man & pig.

Infective stage for man:

Pork’s ﬂesh containing cysticercus cellulosae larvae or bladder worm.
Also by eggs either by ingestion in water/vegetables
Autoinfection by ﬁngers contaminated with  eggs from perianal skin or feces and retrograde peristalsis.