Not exact matches
The CDC researchers, who published their findings Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, now think the Colombian man may have ingested some microscopic
tapeworm eggs, most likely in food contaminated
by mouse droppings, insects or human feces.
Tapeworm eggs that are found on carpets, bedding or in the environment are consumed
by flea larvae.
Tapeworm eggs are carried
by fleas and flea control is essential to prevent or eliminate
tapeworms.
A: Lars - The most common form of
tapeworm is transmitted when a flea eats the
egg of the
tapeworm, allowing it to «hatch» and then the flea is eaten
by the dog or cat.
The dog can reinfect himself
by swallowing the
tapeworm segments as they are full of new
eggs looking for a host.
When the
tapeworm eggs are released into the environment, they must be ingested
by flea larvae, an immature stage of the flea.
Unlike other intestinal parasites, dogs can not become infected
by eating fertilized
tapeworm eggs.
Tapeworms are easily inflicted on cats
by fleas or
by eating their
eggs.
Tapeworm eggs, which are shed within tapeworm segments in feces, are eaten by flea larvae that develop into infecte
Tapeworm eggs, which are shed within
tapeworm segments in feces, are eaten by flea larvae that develop into infecte
tapeworm segments in feces, are eaten
by flea larvae that develop into infected fleas.
Tapeworms are contracted by ingesting a flea that has ingested a tapeworm egg or segment, or by eating rodents and other wildlife that are infested with tapeworms a
Tapeworms are contracted
by ingesting a flea that has ingested a
tapeworm egg or segment, or
by eating rodents and other wildlife that are infested with
tapeworms a
tapeworms and fleas.
Unlike other intestinal parasites, cats can not become infected
by eating
tapeworm eggs.
Tapeworms have an intermediary host, which means the
tapeworm eggs must be eaten
by something else, like a flea, where the
egg hatches and creates a cyst that, when eaten, forms a
tapeworm.
Humans can develop infestations with Echinococcus
tapeworms by eating the parasite's
eggs.
First,
tapeworm eggs must be swallowed
by flea larvae (an immature stage of the flea).
This is often where the
tapeworm eggs are ingested
by fleas and the cycle begins again when that flea is ingested
by another (or the same) dog.
When the larva matures into an adult flea (with the
tapeworm egg still inside) and is ingested
by a pet during grooming, he / she will get the
tapeworm.
Once released into the environment, they are swallowed
by their needed intermediate host; immature flea larvae, where the
tapeworm egg continues to grow and mature along with the flea.
To complete their life - cycle, all
tapeworms require an intermediate host to first eat the
eggs from the environment, and then the cat will turn into infected
by consuming the intermediate host.