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"I've never seen a cow with a rash: What are beef measles?"

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Taenia saginata vs. Cysticercus bovis<br />

Human tapeworm vs. <strong>beef</strong> <strong>measles</strong><br />

“The <strong>beef</strong> tapeworm”<br />

A human tapeworm <strong>with</strong> a larval stage in<br />

cattle (<strong>beef</strong> <strong>measles</strong>)<br />

A cestode parasite<br />

Flat worms <strong>with</strong> complex life cycle<br />

Humans <strong>are</strong> definitive host (adult worms complete<br />

sexual reproduction)<br />

Cattle and other ruminants <strong>are</strong> intermediate host<br />

(stage necessary for infection of definitive host- no<br />

sexual reproduction occurs)

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