or fragments - accumulate in human faeces. Scientists from the Environment Agency Austria and the Medical University of Vienna analysed the poop samples of eight participants from all over the ...

The tapeworm taenia solium enters the human body by ingesting the parasite’s larval cysts. These eggs can then develop into ...

They sliced into it and found a baby tapeworm. “Of course I was grossed out,” said 42-year-old Palma on Thursday. “I was also relieved. It meant that no further treatment was necessary.” ...

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 ...