Multiple choice

Which of the following diseases is spread by eating infected pork or beef?

  1. Ascariasis

  2. Taeniasis

  3. Rabies

  4. Poliomyelitis

  5. Mumps
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Taeniasis is a form of tapeworm infection, which is caused by tapeworms of the genus Taenia. In humans, the mode of transmission is by the ingestion of undercooked beef or pork containing the larval cysts.

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