Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is a parasitic infection of the central nervous system caused by the larval stage of Taenia solium, the pork tapeworm. 🐷 🪱 It occurs when a person ingests eggs of the tapeworm, usually through fecal-oral 💩contamination. 👀 Undercooked Pork and Cysticercosis Eating undercooked pork can lead to taeniasis, which is an intestinal infection with the adult Taenia solium tapeworm. This happens when a person consumes cysticerci (larval cysts) present in infected pork. [Howeve