Teníase – cisticercose: uma zoonose negligenciada / Taeniasis – cysticercosis: a neglected zoonosis

Sao abordados e revistos os principais aspectos acerca da morfologia, biologia, epidemiologia, aspectos cli­nicos e anatomopatologicos, diagnostico laboratorial, tratamento, controle e profilaxia das especies do genero Taenia que parasitam seres humanos. Ha especial enfase i  ocorrencia de cisticercose humana, principalmente neurocisticercose.Palavras chave: Taenia saginata, Taenia solium, Taenia, Teni­ase, Cisticercose, NeurocisticercoseABSTRACTThe main aspects about morphology, biology, epidemiology, clinical and anatomopathological aspects, laboratory diagnosis, treatment, control and prophylaxis of the species of the genus Taenia that parasitize human beings area addressed and reviewed. There is a special emphasis on the occurrence of human cysticercosis, principally neurocysticercosis. Keywords: Taenia saginata, Taenia solium, Taenia, Taeniasis, Cysticercosis, Neurocysticercosis