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What is the economic importance of Taenia sp?​

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Taenia saginata and Taenia solium are the two taeniids of greatest economic and medical importance, causing bovine and porcine cysticercosis and taeniasis in humans. In addition, T. solium eggs can infect humans, often giving rise to fatal neurocysticercosis (12, 39).

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