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May 10, 2024 · So pigs get infected with a tapeworm. When it is in the pig, it penetrates the intestinal wall and goes to the musculature. The musculature is obviously the part of pigs that people consume. So ...
Aug 29, 2023 · The parasite - usually found in pythons - could have been there for two months, scientists say. ... A brain scan and the 'happily moving' worm in a specimen jar. ... "It just shows as a human ...
Mar 11, 2024 · Doctors in the U.S. got a nasty surprise when they discovered that a man visiting a clinic for migraines had parasitic worms growing in his brain. The 52-year-old man was infected with the larvae ...
- Emily Cooke
Aug 29, 2023 · The specimen was the larval form of an Australian native roundworm not previously known to be a human parasite, ... Scans showed changes in her brain. ... patient’s brain shows a right frontal ...
Aug 29, 2023 · Key points: Surgeons removed an 8-centimetre, living roundworm from the patient's brain followed an abnormal MRI. The parasite is found in carpet pythons and has never been known to infect a human ...
- Nick Kilvert
Aug 29, 2023 · A woman in Australia has become the first known person in the world to be infected with a parasitic worm that normally lives in pythons — after doctors found it wriggling in her brain. The 64 ...
Jul 25, 2024 · Toxoplasmosis is a parasite infection caused by the protozoan Toxoplasma gondii. It is widely spread throughout the world, with about 15% of people in the U.S. and about 50% of people in Europe have a positive antibody test for the disease. Sometimes, a toxoplasma infection can seed the brain and spinal cord, and cysts can live there for years.
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