Direct predator-prey relationships between humans and the original definitive and intermediate hosts of " Taenia " resulted in this host switch.
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Hominids who hunted antelopes or scavenged killed antelopes bridged the beginning of a host-parasite relationship between hominids and " Taenia ".
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The establishment of cattle and pigs as intermediate host by " Taenia " species is consequently due to the synanthropic relationship with humans.
24.
Taenia crassiceps rarely infect humans; however if they do, they feast on the vitreous and retina of the eye, potentially causing blindness.
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Tapeworm ( Taenia saginata ) from infested beef has been found to survive the temperatures used in preparing Suya and remain viable to infect humans.
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In contrast, the colonization of ancestral " Taenia " onto the early hominids was established 1.0 2.5 million years ago.
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Other nematode species known to infect stoats include " Taenia tenuicollis ", " Mesocestoides lineatus " and rarely " Acanthocephala ".
28.
Neurocysticercosis, which arises when larvae of the pork tapeworm " Taenia solium " penetrate the central nervous system, is the major cause of acquired epilepsy worldwide.
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During the past 8, 000 10, 000 years, the colonization of respective " Taenia " species from humans to cattle and to swine was established.
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One of the more common is " Taenia solium ", a type of tapeworm, which may transplant to the intestines of humans after consuming undercooked meat.
