A tapeworm infection is usually diagnosed by finding eggs or tapeworm segments in the stool. Your doctor may ask you to bring in a sample so a lab can look for eggs, larvae, or tapeworm segments.

Humans can also contract tapeworms if they have contact with animal feces or contaminated water. When an infection passes from an animal to a human, it is called zoonosis.

Tapeworm segments in human stool look like tiny grains of white rice that may be moving. Tapeworm may be seen in the toilet bowl or passing through the anus.

Hymenolepis nana (dwarf tapeworm) and Diphyllobothrium latum (fish tapeworm) are two other tapeworms that affect humans. A tapeworm is a type of parasite that lives in the intestines of animals.

Hymenolepis nana (dwarf tapeworm) and Diphyllobothrium latum (fish tapeworm) are two other tapeworms that affect humans. Tapeworms often cause very mild symptoms or no symptoms at all.

Tapeworm larvae can survive outside of their human hosts. If pigs graze on vegetation that is contaminated with human feces containing the eggs or larvae (known as cysticerci), these are then ...

A human cannot be infected by consuming the moose meat directly. Exposure comes from interaction with dogs and the spread of the tapeworm eggs from the dog feces.

Tapeworms. Humans are typically exposed to tapeworms through raw or undercooked food or through food contaminated with feces. “A lot of these things are transmitted to humans through feces ...

A rare tapeworm that had never been found in a person in New Hampshire has now been found in two moose hunters.The state's Health and Human Services Department is alerting health care workers in ...