According to CNN, only 300 infections of the Spirometra tapeworm were recorded between 1953 and 2013, and little is known about its populations because they live in rural areas of the world.

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Just 300 infections of the Spirometra tapeworm were recorded between 1953 and 2013, but they’re thought to be more common in parts of Asia. The rural nature of more affected populations means ...

The adult form of the Spirometra tapeworm only occurs in the intestines of cats and dogs but as these animals shed the worms’ eggs in their feces the eggs can enter, and contaminate, water.

Four years ago, doctors saw a British man who had been complaining of headaches after visiting China, South Korea, Japan and Thailand. They treated him for tuberculosis, but when he returned, he ...

Just 300 infections of the Spirometra tapeworm were recorded between 1953 and 2013, but they’re thought to be more common in parts of Asia.

When doctor's finally conducted an MRI, they discovered something terrifying: A tapeworm had burrowed itself into the man's brain tissue. Live StormTracker 6 and Sky 6. Watch Now.

Just 300 infections of the Spirometra tapeworm were recorded between 1953 and 2013, but they’re thought to be more common in parts of Asia.

Doctors first thought the man had tuberculosis, but as the worm moved, the man's symptoms changed leading to the disturbing discovery that there was a tapeworm in his brain.

In 2013 a British man of Chinese ethnicity was diagnosed with a tapeworm, Spirometra erinaceieuropaei, inside his brain. The 50-year old first experienced headaches four years earlier and was ...