AIIMS AIIMS Solved Paper-2000

  • question_answer
    Life cycle of Taenia is:

    A)  monogenetic                                   

    B)  digenetic           

    C)         polygenetic                      

    D)         hexogenetic

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    Taenia solium (The pork tapeworm) is a digenetic animal i.e, its life cycle completes into two hosts. Human is its primary host and pig is its secondary host. The tapeworm is a parasite of intestine and enters in the human body by taking raw or under cooked measly pork. In man it causes the disease taeniasis which is characterized by abdominal pain, vomiting, indigestion, constipation, loss of appetite, diarrhoea and nervous disorder.


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