Dr Ghali said that the disease, which is termed cysticercosis, is due to the presence of larval cysts of the tapeworm Taenia solium. The parasite infects humans through eating raw or undercooked ...

Among the museum's selection of parasites is an 8.8-meter-long tapeworm recovered intact from ... discovered a white thread-like object in his feces,” Kuramochi said. “Dr. Satoru Kamegai ...

It occurs when infectious eggs, shed in the feces of a human tapeworm carrier, are ingested. The condition often spreads through faecal contamination, typically due to improper handwashing or ...