The patient’s condition, identified as cysticercosis, was caused by larval cysts of taenia solium (pork tapeworm) after consuming raw or undercooked pork.

Cestodes (tapeworms) form a monophyletic group of parasitic Platyhelminthes ... So far, there is no single compilation of cestode life cycles. This database aims to collect and organise the available ...

I just found two worms on the floor by Savoy’s food bowl,” the woman on the phone said, clearly upset. We’re used to that. I ...

Tapeworms have an indirect life cycle, they are transmitted through a host such as snails, beetles, earthworms, ants, and houseflies. Once a chicken eats one of these infected hosts the larvae ...

This case highlights the dangers of eating undercooked pork. A chilling X-ray scan displaying calcified parasites embedded throughout a patient's body has gone viral on social media. The image ...

From their vital roles in nature, to strange super powers and extraordinarily complex life cycles, parasites are ... For instance, one man lived with a tapeworm in his brain for more than four ...

In this short film Dr Michael Mosley visits Kenya to see how the beef tapeworm needs to infect both beef cattle and humans to complete its life-cycle. He collects some infected beef in Kenya ...

In this short film Dr Michael Mosley describes the infection of household cats with Toxoplasma gondii. This infection starts with growing cysts in an infected cat. These are excreted and can ...