A rare illness in Belgium that affected nine people was likely spread after the initial patient ate pork while abroad several years earlier.
Human cysticercosis results from ingesting Taenia solium eggs shed by a tapeworm carrier, forming cystic larvae in tissues. Upon consumption by humans, they develop into a new intestinal
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Can I get a “brain worm” from eating undercooked meat?
There’s little I find more terrifying than the idea of something living and crawling around inside me. Based on the number of sci-fi movies involving parasites, from Alien to The Host, I’m not the only one with this fear. Lucky
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