Taenia Saginata (Beef tapeworm)

Taenia saginata (beef tapeworm or the unarmed tapeworm) is a tapeworm that infects humans by eating insufficiently cooked beef eg; raw beef filet as in for example carpaccio. This tapeworm can live up to 25 years in the human body and can cause symptoms such as stomach pain, nausea, loss of appetite, emaciation, dizziness, diarrhea, vomiting, anal itching and the tapeworm segments can sometimes be seen directly in the feces. The beef tapeworm occurs worldwide but is more commonly found in South America, Africa and Asia.