also known as 'the pork tapeworm.'" Humans become infected by consuming undercooked meat -- namely cow or pig, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Once inside a human, the ...

These proglottids are expelled from the body in feces but are instantly infectious. Anthelmintic drugs, including praziquantel and niclosamide, either kill or paralyze the tapeworm, making it ...

Spare a thought for the patient who attended a Florida hospital to be X-rayed following a fall – only to discover he was riddled with parasitic eggs that had turned into thousands of cysts inside ...