In humans, although the tapeworm can cause an upset stomach, it can also be asymptomatic—apart from rice grain-sized eggs in ...

Pork tapeworms are a species of tapeworm that can infect humans when their eggs or larvae are ingested, whether it be from contaminated food like undercooked pork, contaminated water or touching ...

The eggs were apparently laid by a parasite known as a pork tapeworm, which infects humans when they eat pork. Although bones of boars or pigs possibly raised by humans had been found when the ...

“A person can become infected by consuming water or food that is contaminated with tapeworm eggs or larvae, particularly raw or undercooked fish or meat,” Dr. Stork, who did not treat ...

Usually, people trying the tapeworm diet will swallow a pill with a tapeworm egg inside. This egg eventually hatches inside their body and the theory is that the parasite will consume all the ...

Rodentolepsis: The tapeworm Rodentolepsis nana infects rats, mice and hamsters. Humans can be infected by ingestion of tapeworm eggs resulting in abdominal distress, enteritis, anorexia and headache.

In humans, although the tapeworm can cause an upset stomach, it can also be asymptomatic – apart from rice grain-sized eggs in the faeces. Anthelmintic drugs, including praziquantel and ...