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Taenia saginata and Taenia solium are similar in many ways, but Taenia solium is more dangerous. Which of the following makes T. solium more dangerous?

Answer:

* A. It has an armed scolex
* B. It has fewer uterine branches than T. saginata
* C. Man can be infected as an intermediate host by eating the eggs from T. solium
* D. The cyst or larvae form ingested from pork is more potent than the cyst from beef
* E. It produces more eggs than T. saginata

Correct Answer: C

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