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 ...

Stomach-churning X-ray pictures show a man left bursting with tapeworm eggs after he made a grave kitchen mistake that allowed the parasites to take root. Sam Ghali, an Assistant Professor in ...

These cysts can then develop into an adult tapeworm in the intestines which produce eggs that are then passed out through stools. In many cases symptoms of a tapeworm can be mild, but it can cause ...

It involves swallowing a pill that has a tapeworm egg, so you give yourself a tapeworm infection. Tapeworm infections can have serious health complications and even result in death. Over one in 20 ...

But some egg-laying parasites go more than just skin deep. Tapeworms, for example, invade your intestines. Adults can stretch longer than a bowling lane and block up your digestive system.

Echinococcus multilocularis infection is becoming more prevalent in North American wild and domestic canid species ...

The gross-out factor is strong. Among the museum's selection of parasites is an 8.8-meter-long tapeworm recovered intact from a hapless diner’s intestine. Toshiaki Kuramochi, the museum director ...