<unk>  is contracted after eating undercooked pork or beef that contain the larvae. The adult worms develop and live in the lumen of the intestine. They acquire nutrients from the intestine. The gravid proglottids, body segments containing fertilised eggs, are released in the faeces. If consumed by an intermediate host such as a cow or pig, they hatch within the duodenum to become larvae, penetrate through the intestinal wall into nearby blood vessels, and enter the bloodstream. Once they reach organs such as the skeletal muscles, liver or lungs, the larvae then develop into a cyst, a fluid-filled cysticercus. These contaminated tissues are then consumed through raw or undercooked meat. Cysticercosis occurs when contaminated food, water, or soil that contain T. solium eggs is eaten.
Taeniasis
Trichiasis
Trichuriasis
Trichomoniasis
Naegleriasis
Clonorchiasis
Opisthorchiasis
Necatoriasis