teniasis

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te·ni·a·sis

 (tē-nī′ə-sĭs)
n.
Variant of taeniasis.
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teniasis

(tiːˈnaɪəsɪs)
n
(Pathology) the US spelling of taeniasis
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tae•ni•a•sis

or te•ni•a•sis

(tiˈnaɪ ə sɪs)

n.
infestation with tapeworms.
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taeniasis, teniasis

infestation by tapeworms.
See also: Infestation
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The teniasis-cysticercosis complex in cattle occurs in two distinct forms: teniasis which is characterized by human infection with the adult form of Taenia saginata, and cysticercosis which is caused by the larval stage of this tapeworm that occur in various bovine organs and tissues.
Estrongiloidiasis, teniasis y otras parasitosis desatendidas en privados de libertad, Honduras.
(NTDs designated by WHO for control or elimination: Buruli ulcer, Chagas disease, cysticercosis / teniasis, dengue / severe dengue, dracunculiasis [guinea-worm disease], echinococcosis, food-borne trematodiases [fascioliasis], human African trypanosomiasis [sleeping sickness], the leishmaniases, leprosy, lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis [river blindness], rabies, schistosomiasis, soil-transmitted helminthiases, trachoma and yaws [endemic treponematoses])
saginata para prevenir la teniasis causada por Taenia solium (Parkhouse et al., 1999).
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