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People can get tapeworms from eating infected meat. In the US, all meat is inspected before it is made available for public consumption. Meat should be thoroughly cooked before serving.
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∙ 10y agoTape worm has a life cycle to be completed. That can be completed in developing countries only, as there hygiene is often poor.
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How common are tapeworms?
Taenia saginata
Do all humans have tapeworms?
No, they do not, but tapeworms ARE dangerous, but not REALLY serious. If they were, we all would feel sick in the stomach. Though we all do get occasional bellyaches, that doesn't mean you have tapeworms.
Can you find a flatworm in a human?
Yes, tapeworms are common parasitic flatworms
Do humans get tapeworms from dog's fleas or tapeworms segment?
Humans get tapeworms from dogs when they jump from hosts (the dog) to us (the humans) and for more information please check out this site. Also from eating some meats from animals that may have had it and not cooking it enough to kill and get rid of them!! http://www.ehow.com/how-does_5164980_do-humans-tapeworms-dogs.html
Do acids in your stomach kill tapeworms?
No, stomach acids do not kill tapeworms. Tapeworms are adapted to the environment of the alimentary canal; if they were not, there would be no tapeworms.
Are tapeworms and ringworms the same?
Tapeworms are a kind of flatworm. Most flatworms are not tapeworms.
What are the adaptations of tapeworms?
ructural adaptations of tapeworms?
Are Tapeworms and pseudo-tapeworms in the same Phylum?
Tapeworms are of the class Cestoda of the phylum Platyhelminthes.
Are tapeworms in cookie dough?
Yes tapeworms are in cookiedough but you have a very small chance of getting tapeworms from eating it...
Are tapeworms useful to humans?
No. tapeworms are pest to humans.
Which term refers to the killing of tapeworms?
TAPEWORMS
Why don't tapeworms die out with medication?
Because of environmental contamination. Tapeworms shed eggs into the environment and those eggs then turn into the next generation of tapeworms. Treatment of tapeworms with medication only kill the adult tapeworms currently residing in that animal, but the environment and other animals remain a source of eggs and adult tapeworms.
