TWiP 6: Tapeworms, the long and short of it

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier

Vincent and Dick talk about the anatomy and life cycle of beef and pork tapeworms, and why House was wrong about neurocysticercosis.

Links for this episode:

• Taenia saginata life cycle (jpg)
• Taenia saginata adult (jpg)
• Taenia saginata scolex (jpg)
• Taenia saginata gravid proglottid (jpg)
• Taenia solium life cycle (jpg)
• Taenia solium adult (jpg)
• Taenia solium scolex (jpg)
• Facial cancer in Tasmanian devils (thanks PhogDog!)

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