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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 ...

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 ...

The larvae develop into adult tapeworms in the human gut, and the eggs are then passed along through feces. If another person ingests these eggs, either through contaminated food or water ...

More than two years after human feces was mixed into an overhead tank (OHT) supplying water to the Dalit enclave in Vengaivayal village, Pudukottai district, the CB-CID of the Tamil Nadu Police ...

This also involves asking about the frequency and consistency of bowel movements. They may need a blood or stool sample. For example, a blood test can indicate inflammation or help rule out ...

The tapeworm taenia solium enters the human body by ingesting the parasite ... using the bathroom or through water contaminated with feces. Only when the eggs are ingested via fecal-oral ...

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