Taenia saginata (beef tapeworm) infection, which causes chronic abdominal pain or persistent diarrhea, is caused by the ingestion of the larval stage of cysticerci in beef. T. saginata is distributed worldwide but has the highest prevalence in Southern and Eastern Africa.
Category
Parasitic infectious disease
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Parasitic diseases
Helminthiases
Diseases due to cestodes
1F76 Taeniasis
H01152 Taenia saginata infection
Genome-based classification of infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Parasitic infections (animals)
Infections caused by flat worms
H01152 Taenia saginata infection
