Keywords: Taenia saginata adult 5260 lores.jpg This is an adult Taenia saginata tapeworm Humans become infected by ingesting raw or undercooked infected meat In the human intestine the cysticercus develops over 2 mo into an adult tapeworm which can survive for years attaching to and residing in the small intestine Content Providers s CDC Creation Date 1986 Copyright Restrictions None - This image is in the public domain and thus free of any copyright restrictions As a matter of courtesy we request that the content provider be credited and notified in any public or private usage of this image http //phil cdc gov/PHIL_Images/20031208/87d4bff74e41427cb278526bd9cbe76a/5260_lores jpg PD-USGov Taeniarhynchus saginatus |