ABSTRACT
Echinococcus granulosus, E. multilocularis, Taenia saginata, T. asiatica,
and
T. solium
,
are classified in the family Taeniidae.
Taenia asiatica
was not recognized as a valid species until relatively recently. Although
T. asiatica
resembles
T. saginata
much more closely than
T. solium,
humans become infected through eating undercooked pork rather than beef (Ito et al.
