Pork can carry taenia solium larvae, a parasitic tapeworm. After eating infected pork, the larvae get into body tissues where they form cysts—a condition called cysticercosis. The larvae can ...

“This is a condition known as cysticercosis. Essentially, these are larval cysts of taenia solium — also known as the pork tapeworm.” He explained that the unnamed patient developed the ...

The unsettling diagnosis stems from a parasite called “cysticercosis,” an infection caused by the larvae of the parasite Taenia solium, also known outside the medical community as “Pork ...

Cysticercosis occurs when Taenia solium larvae invade human tissues after a person consumes undercooked pork containing the parasite’s cysts.These larvae penetrate the intestinal wall and spread ...

The post featured a CT scan showing a patient’s leg infested with cysticercosis, a parasitic infection caused by the larvae of the tapeworm Taenia solium. The scan revealed muscle tissue riddled ...

One would guess that he curtailed his habit of eating lightly-cooked bacon too because such undercooked pork products could contain the larvae of Taenia solium. Here’s the poop, though ...

Experts believe the worm found in Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was Taenia solium, or a pork tapeworm larva. The worm’s larval cysts could cause a parasitic infection in the brain called ...

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 ...

Sometimes, these larvae land in muscles ... Despite its long history, much about the life cycle of Taenia solium remained mysterious for millennia. Doctors didn’t realize that the ribbon ...

There are three tapeworms that can lead to taeniasis: taenia saginata, taenia solium and taenia asiatica. Taenia saginata is transmitted by cattle whereas taenia solium and taenia asiatica are ...

Infectious disease experts and neurosurgeons told the Times that they believed it was “likely a pork tapeworm larva” or Taenia solium. Could a worm have eaten part of Kennedy’s brain?