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Abstract Taeniids are zoonotic worldwide cestodes of economic and medical importance. Human Taeniasis /cysticercosis is an important public health problems, particularly in developing countries. Taeniasis is a parasitic disease of the human intestinal tract caused by the adult stage of the closely related tapeworms Taeilia solium, Taenia saginata, and Taenia saginata asiatica. Cysticercosis is an important zoonotic disease that causes medical and economic losses in many countries. Taeniid cysticerci have high pathogenic potentials and are capable of surviving for prolonged periods in tissues of their intermediate hosts causing illnesses to humans (T. solium) and great losses to breeders {T. ovis, T. saginata and T. pisiformis). |