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Tapeworm Infection (Beef)

The infection is particularly commno. The adult worm inhabits the human intestinal tract. The worm its typical ribbo shape and measures 4.5 to 9 m (15 to 30 ft). Egg-bearing proglottids are passed in the stool and ingested by cattle. The eggs hatch in the

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Tapeworm Infection (Pork)

T.solium infections are common. The adult T.solium measures 2.5 to 3 m (8 to 10 ft) in length and comprises a scolex armed with several hooklets and a body composed of 1000 proglottids. The life cycle resembles that of T.saginata except that hogs rather t

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Worms

School children are particularly likely to catch them because they often share things like food, pencils and books. Any of these can carry tiny, almost invisible pinworm eggs which are passed from one child's fingers to another's

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Yellow Fever

The virus of urban yellow fever is transmitted by the bit of a mosquito infected 2 wk previously by feeding on a viremic patient. Yellow fever is endemic in central Africa and areas of South and Central America

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