VPA-0107
QUESTION
Neurocysticercosis in human-beings is caused by?
OPTIONS
(A) Cysticercus ovis
(B) Cysticercus bovis
(C) Cysticercus tenuicollis
(D) Cysticercus cellulosae
ANSWER
(D) Cysticercus cellulosae
EXPLANATION
Human neurocysticercosis is caused by the larval stage of Taenia solium, traditionally termed Cysticercus cellulosae. Cysticercus ovis, C. bovis, and C. tenuicollis are larval stages of other Taenia species and do not cause human neurocysticercosis.
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