A 52-year-old man in Florida has been discharged from the hospital after receiving treatment for a life-threatening tapeworm ...

Each white spot is a cyst, created by the larvae of Taenia solium, otherwise known as the pork tapeworm. Using ultrasound, the doctors also found cysts in the patient's eye and testis. If you must ...

To assist the diagnosis of these cysts, his doctor ordered a bunch of blood tests, one of which revealed that the man had antibodies against Taenia solium. Taenia solium is the scientific name for ...

Health officials in a Belgian city have identified the source of pork tapeworm infections at a school. Department Zorg said ...

A Florida man seeking outpatient treatment for a persistent and severe headache soon found himself in the hospital’s ...

Brain imaging revealed cysts consistent with neurocysticercosis, a condition caused by the larval form of the pork tapeworm ...

A 52-year-old Florida man presented to hospital with complaints that his usual migraines had worsened over the past four ...

He was diagnosed with cysticercosis - a type of infection caused by the eggs or larvae of the parasite Taenia solium, or pork ...

Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health and Institute of Public Health Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, PO Box 6446-14155, Tehran, Iran ...

Input on other parasites, such as Cryptosporidium, Giardia lamblia, and Taenia solium, may also be requested. In the case of ...