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 ...

This particular tapeworm was Taenia solium, which is a parasite that is ... to some underlying public health concerns, as ...

A tapeworm infection caused by a tapeworm of the Taenia species—like beef and pork tapeworms—may be referred to as taeniasis.

A strain of these tapeworms: Taenia solium found in pig causes neurocysticercosis ... that currently there is no simple method of riding pork of the tapeworm such as freezing, salting or pickling.

Doctors diagnosed Palma with neurocysticercosis, a parasitic infection in the brain caused by the tapeworm Taenia solium ... is ingested from undercooked pork and lives in the gut.