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Last uploaded: February 23, 2024
Preferred Name

Taenia saginata
Synonyms

Beef Tapeworm

Taenia saginata

TAENIA SAGINATA

Definitions

A species of parasitic cestodes in the genus Taenia that is acquired through the ingestion of infected bovine tissue. Humans are the definitive host of the adult cestodes, resulting in taeniasis.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C125960

ALT_DEFINITION

Any cestode parasite that can be assigned to the species Taenia saginata.

code

C125960

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C66830

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C61410

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C85491

Contributing_Source

CDISC

DEFINITION

A species of parasitic cestodes in the genus Taenia that is acquired through the ingestion of infected bovine tissue. Humans are the definitive host of the adult cestodes, resulting in taeniasis.

FULL_SYN

Beef Tapeworm

Taenia saginata

TAENIA SAGINATA

label

Taenia saginata

Preferred_Name

Taenia saginata

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C125960

Semantic_Type

Animal

UMLS_CUI

C0221085

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C125925

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