This short film is from the BBC series, Michael Mosley: Infested! Living with parasites. Tapeworms could be investigated to familiarise or reinforce the concepts of parasite, host and secondary host.
The earliest evidence of fish tapeworm in Britain has been discovered preserved in human faeces, according to experts at Cambridge University. The finds were unearthed at a site dubbed "Britain's ...
Examples of endoparasites include flukes, tapeworms, fungi, bacteria, and protozoa. Ectoparasites include ticks and lice, plants, protozoa, bacteria, and fungi. Plants and animals typically act as ...
Around five to 12 weeks after consumption, these cysts evolve within the gastrointestinal tract into mature adult tapeworms, in a condition known as Intestinal Taeniasis, the doctor said.