Journal of Community Mobilization and Sustainable Development

Taenia solium taeniasis is a zoonotic disease of worldwide distribution. This disease is mostly found in developing countries where improperly cooked or under cooked pork is taken by humanbeing with poor sanitation (Tetsuya et al., 2012). Among the eucestodes, the family Taeniidae (Ludwig, 1866) contains 8 valid species of taeniid tapeworms (Soulsby, 1982). Each of these parasites requires a vertebrate intermediate host to perpetuate their life cycle in nature. Larval stage of the tapeworm that develops in the intermediate host is known as metacestode. Except the species Taenia multiceps, other metcestodes of the genera Taenia are generally known as Cysticercus. Of the 8 valid taeniid species, Taenia solium (Linnaeus, 1758) and T. saginata (Goeze, 1782) are obligatory human parasites, and their corresponding metacestodes, i.e., Cysticercus cellulosae and C. bovis, are found in pig and cattle respectively. The disease entity involved by Taenia solium Taeniasis as adult obligatory parasitism in man and Cysticercosis as metacestode infection in intermediate host pig is focused through this article.