Hydatid tapeworms may form cystic echinococcosis, which we call Hydatid disease. Whipworm. Whipworms are transmitted just like roundworms and hookworms. However, they are much harder to get rid of.

The tapeworm that the hunters had been infected with was identified as the species Echinococcus granulosus, also known as the hydatid worm, hyper tapeworm or dog tapeworm.

The tapeworm E.granulosus primarily completes its lifecycle between dogs and sheep, with the intermediate stage in sheep causing hydatid cysts. Humans exposed to tapeworm eggs in dog feces can ...

Echinococcosis and hydatid disease, ... Genomic analyses of tapeworm species have revealed extensive gene losses and specialised metabolic pathways that underpin the parasites’ adaptation to ...

They successfully saved the 26-year-old woman — who was 20 weeks pregnant — before running scans that revealed it was a hydatid cyst, a growth formed by a tapeworm infection that humans most ...

When 17-year-old Manirul Beg from Haldia came to Delhi a year ago, hoping to get herself treated for tuberculosis, little did ...

The tapeworm E.granulosus primarily completes its lifecycle between dogs and sheep, with the intermediate stage in sheep causing hydatid cysts. Humans exposed to tapeworm eggs in dog faeces can ...

They successfully saved the 26-year-old woman — who was 20 weeks pregnant — before running scans that revealed it was a hydatid cyst, a growth formed by a tapeworm infection that humans most ...

In a disturbing case of medical misdiagnosis, an 18-year-old boy was treated for tuberculosis (TB) for six months before ...

VADODARA: A 12-year-old patient received a new lease of life after a huge hydatid cyst that removed from his right lung. According to doctors at Karamsad-based Shree Krishna Hospital (SKH), the ...