It's unclear how common this type of tapeworm cancer illness is in humans, but experts like Pritt believe it's likely that there are more cases out there: «H. nana is a very
common tapeworm infection in humans, and therefore I would expect there to be other cases like the one described... that were misdiagnosed or went undetected.»
Not exact matches
It could have been worse: Noblemen like Richard ate a lot of beef, pork, and fish, which carry the other
common gut parasite,
tapeworms, but cooking prevents
infection.
This
tapeworms isn't a
common problem in dogs but it is a serious
infection from the standpoint of risk to people.
Iverhart Max prevents and controls four types of the most
common canine worm
infections: heartworms,
tapeworms, hookworms, and roundworms.
Fleas are a
common source of
tapeworm infection.
Fleas are an external parasite that can cause a myriad of
common cat health problems in your cat or kitten, including anemia and
tapeworm infection.
As flea
infections are so
common in cats, this
tapeworm is also
common and it should be assumed that any cat with fleas will also have Dipylidium
infection.
The most
common route of
tapeworm infection occurs when the cat swallows a flea that is carrying the parasite's eggs, but
infection from mice carrying the
tapeworm's egg is also possible.