Recent reports of a man dying after a tapeworm growing inside him was found to be cancerous, and another being told he had only 30 minutes to live after discovering a tapeworm inside his brain have ...

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 ...

Large tapeworms can been seen in an x-ray of the man's body after he ate contaminated sushi. Shutterstock Sushi is a staple meal for thousands, but for one man, it nearly ended his life after worms ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you're planning on eating sushi for lunch, this may make you reconsider your bento box choice... According to news reports in China, a man found himself riddled with hundreds of tapeworms after ...

A new proteocephalidean cestode is described from spot pangasius, Pangasius larnaudii (Siluriformes: Pangasiidae), from Tonle Sap Lake in Cambodia and a new genus, Pangasiocestus, is proposed to ...

LAWRENCE -- Before setting out to assemble a 400-page tome on tapeworms, it might be a good time for a gut check. That's what researchers have spent nearly a decade doing: collecting tapeworms from ...

A diner who claims he contracted a 9-foot tapeworm after eating undercooked fish is suing the restaurant where he had the meal. Anthony Franz says he fell violently ill after ordering a salmon salad ...