In this short film Dr Michael Mosley visits Kenya to see how the beef tapeworm needs to infect both beef cattle and humans to complete its life-cycle. He collects some infected beef in Kenya ...
Cysticercosis is caused by the larvae of the parasite Taenia solium, or pork tapeworm (stock photo) A man in the US who complained of frequent migraines was found to have tapeworm larvae in his ...