Taenia solium

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Taenia solium is a parasitic flatworm of the Cestoda class, which lives in the small intestine of humans, where it is normally 3 to 4 meters tall and produces a disease called taeniasis. Along with T. saginata, it is one of the species known as tapeworms usually found in humans.