Yaqoob Nausheen, ul Haq Ershad, Thomali Khalid, Kamran Ali, Zaharani Ali
King Abdul Aziz Specialist Hospital, Department of Pathology, Taif, KSA.
J Pak Med Assoc. 2009 Feb;59(2):108-10.
Cysticercosis is a systemic illness caused by dissemination of the larval form of the pork tapeworm, Taenia solium. A high prevalence has been reported from the developing countries because of the co-existence of poor sanitary conditions and domestic pig raising. Human cysticercosis occurs when eggs are ingested via faecal-oral transmission from a tapeworm host. The human then becomes an accidental intermediate host, with development of cysticerci within organs. Cysticercosis is a preventable faeco-oral transmitted infection and it is possible to prevent infection by avoiding undercooked food and pork (which is an unlikely cause in muslim countries), and, water contaminated with human faeces.
