Talk:Taenia solium

Not for the Layman

This article is a failure. It fails to provide important facts in a simple language at the top. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.226.36.147 (talk) 13:07, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

what is this i don't even?

in the category section at the bottom of the page, one of the categories listed is "Magical Girls." 75.95.105.156 (talk) 05:30, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

critically endangered?

Is this true, seeing as the article says it's common all over the world? Elle _{vécut heureuse} ^{à jamais} (Be eudaimonic!) 11:50, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

It says in this article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatworm#Interaction_with_humans that 3million people are likely infected.... thats just humans.. how the hell is this "Critically endangered" ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.13.223.120 (talk) 16:38, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

Yep if T. solium it's news to me, and the IUCN (http://www.iucnredlist.org/) it's not on the red list so I suspect a mistake or vandalism. I'll remove the mistake. Sanguinea (talk) 15:42, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

what is taenia aisiatica?

Taenia asiatica: A species of tapeworm found in Taiwan, Korea, Indonesia, Vietnam, and China, where rural people eat uncooked home-produced pork-containing organs.

                                                                -medicinenet.com-

Move the section on pathogenicity to either Taeniasis or Cystericosis page?

The section on pathogenicity should be moved to the disease page, but I don't know if it should be moved to the Taeniasis or to the Cystericosis page (or both) as it seems to deal with both (they are quite similar). EvM-Susana (talk) 21:59, 29 November 2014 (UTC)

• No, should not be moved. Each species of Taenia has distinctive effect, we know less aboout T. saginata and T. asiatica. Instead the pathogenicity can be simply elaborated individually in taeniasis and cysticercosis. Chhandama (talk) 03:12, 30 November 2014 (UTC)

Prevention and control

Is for the disease specifically thus IMO this section is better in the disease article rather than the organism article. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 08:07, 1 December 2014 (UTC)

It can be very long! Also, brain involvement is a severe complication

Pork tapewam may reach 12 meters length! The main problem is the CNS involvement (e.g. cysticercosis of the brain) that may be fatal. Diagnostically a brain CT or MRI may help, but a biopsy sample of a subcutaneous nodule or specific antibodies detection in blood are needed to confirm the diagnosis. 84.205.227.5 (talk) 22:51, 3 May 2015 (UTC)

Pork in India and Pakistan ?

Is the reference to "places ... with a pork-eating heritage such as Mexico, Latin America, West Africa, Russia, India, Pakistan" really accurate? Historically, India and Pakistan were populated almost exclusively by Hindus (who were vegetarians) and Muslims (who ate some meat, not not pork). Did they ever have "a pork-eating heritage"?

And, come to think of it, because they still have a predominantly Hindu/Moslem population, how could this disease have large "prevalences" there?

47.139.46.193 (talk) 03:57, 16 June 2019 (UTC)

I believe you are right about Pakistan, because pork is actually legally banned there. But then Lesh and Brady (2019) still report similar info. They must be mistaken with Taenia saginata infection.

As to India, you are wrong. All eastern states are entirely and traditionally pork eaters as is a large number of southerners. In fact, the notion itself that Hindus are vegetarians is a myth (as reported in BBC) — only about 20% are vegans. Medically also, it is estimated that 1.2 million Indians have neurocysticercosis (doi:10.4103/0971-5916.198686). Chhandama (talk) 03:57, 17 June 2019 (UTC)

There is an IP respelling faecal to fecal even though I have reverted the IP twice.

I am currently dealing with an IP address who is trying to change the word faecal (three times in the article) to fecal. However, even after notifying the IP about disruptive editing, he reverted my edit. I am currently choosing not to revert any more of his edits out of fear that I could get punished for edit warring. Should the term faeces be spelled with or without an a? Thanks! Train of Knowledge (Talk|Contribs) 06:42, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

Have put a 'British English' tag on page that can just be referred to.--Iztwoz (talk) 07:43, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

Taenia sollum

Taenia 202.53.4.18 (talk) 16:05, 27 October 2022 (UTC)

Animals husbandry

Life of tapeworm — Preceding unsigned comment added by 154.160.19.209 (talk) 12:07, 24 February 2023 (UTC)