Caryophyllidean tapeworms represent one of the earliest diverging groups of eucestodes and are distinguished by their monozoic, non-segmented body plan. These parasites predominantly infect freshwater ...
A woman who suffered months of unexplained illness was shocked to discover the cause-a fish tapeworm inside her. Alexa Kilbride from New York, battled nausea, extreme weight loss, and panic attacks, ...
Scientists in the Czech Republic have described the first domestic case of infection with a parasite. Diphyllobothriasis (dibothriocephalosis) is caused by the human broad tapeworm Dibothriocephalus ...
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (CNN) – If you eat raw or under cooked fish, you risk developing an infection from parasites. One of the most gruesome is tapeworm, a species of digestive tract-invading parasites ...
Cestoda, commonly known as tapeworms, is a large class within the platyhelminth phylum with about 5,000 species described so far. Recently, researchers from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and ...
From Boston University School of Medicine, Department of Anatomy, and the Surgical Service, Massachusetts Memorial Hospitals. Ronka, Ensio K. F. — Assistant Visiting Surgeon, Massachusetts Memorial ...