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What is the correct sequence of events for the life cycle of the pork tapeworm, T. solium? Arrange the following statements in chronological order

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The correct sequence of events for the life cycle of the pork tapeworm, T. solium in chronological order will be:

• Eggs are produced by adult tapeworms living in definitive host

• Eggs are released in the environment in the faeces

• Pigs eat grass contaminated, or fertilized with human faeces.

• Inside the intermediate hosst, the eggs mature into larvae and encyst in the host muscles.

• The definitive host ingests the larvae and becomes infected.

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