Once attached to the intestinal wall the tapeworm leaches nutrients from the bird to allow itself to grow and reproduce. Once ...

A very unique case was reported of a woman who purchased a box of tablets - which had tapeworm eggs filled into it - with the ...

Someone with a tapeworm can infect themselves with tapeworm eggs - a process known as autoinfection - which can pass out of the body as waste and infect others in the same home. Eating undercooked ...

Humans exposed to tapeworm eggs in dog faeces can also develop hydatid cysts in their liver or lungs and this can make people extremely unwell, and can be fatal if untreated. This is why the ...

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The eggs were apparently laid by a parasite known as a pork tapeworm, which infects humans when they eat pork. Although bones of boars or pigs possibly raised by humans had been found when the ...

Paes had to undergo 30 MRI scans and a biopsy test before identifying his condition..leander paes. leander paes at manorama ...

JAGTIAL: Rotten eggs were reportedly given to children at the anganwadi in Vallampally of Medipally mandal on Tuesday.Parents were horrified when they discovered white worms moving in the eggs ...