“Humans are not infected by the adult tapeworms within the dog, but instead ingest Echinococcus eggs passed in dog feces by ...

No matter how bad things might seem, at least you haven't accidentally eaten fox poop and developed an insidious tapeworm ...

For parasitologists, the answer is simple. Neatly housed in each of the myriad segments of a giant T. solium tapeworm are ...

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 ...

It was revealed to be a hydatid cyst - the result of a parasitic ... as a matter of health," she told DailyMail.com. "Humans are not infected by the adult tapeworms within the dog, but instead ...

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 ...

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