Scientists have validated a new ELISA test to detect pork tapeworm infection in humans and pigs, a serious health hazard in the developing world.

The transmission of Taenia solium, a pork tapeworm species that infects humans and causes late-onset seizures and epilepsy, can be stopped on a population-wide level with mass treatments of both ...

Eating undercooked meat is never a good idea—it can give you a nasty case of food poisoning within 24 hours. And there are ...

The tapeworm in question was Taenia solium, a parasite found in pigs that can spread to humans through contaminated food and water.

A CT imaging scan revealed tapeworm eggs festering in the brain of a Florida man who had been suffering from persistent migraines, a study found.

Ham and bacon are some of the most popular foods in the West, and their consumption has increased with industrialisation. Of ...

Taenia solium—also called pork tapeworm—is a parasite which causes disease around the world, particularly in very poor communities with deficient santiation and where pigs roam free.

A man in the US who complained of frequent migraines was found to have tapeworm larvae in his brain, likely linked to eating undercooked bacon.

By Mira Cheng, CNN (CNN) — A Florida man with worsening migraines was found to have parasitic tapeworm larvae in his brain, according to a report published this month in the American Journal of ...

Authors of an article in the current issue of the Journal of Parasitology first tested a small set of blood samples from both cysticercosis-positive and cysticercosis-negative humans and pigs by ...

The transmission of Taenia solium, a pork tapeworm species that infects humans and causes late-onset seizures and epilepsy, can be stopped on a population-wide level with mass treatments of both ...