The adults live in the small intestines of humans causing tapeworm disease. Their larvae, which are called cysticerci, live in the flesh of pigs or humans, causing cysticercosis.

• 成虫在人的小肠寄生,引起猪肉绦虫病,幼虫寄生于猪或人的肌肉等部位,引起囊虫病。