is tenia spp dangerous
Economic Importance for Humans: Negative. Taenia solium is one of the most dangerous tapeworms to humans, because humans can act as a definitive and intermediate host. The condition where a human is used as a definitive host for an adult tape worm is called taeniasis.This condition is usually asymptomatic in humans and nonfatal.aenia solium is different than other species in the genus Taenia in that it can use its definitive host (human) as an intermediate. The oncosphere larva can infect a human host through external autoinfection, where eggs expelled through fecal matter are ingested orally.