What Are Tapeworms? What Causes Tapeworm Infection?

November 10, 2009 by Medical News
Filed under Health News

Tapeworms, or cestodes, are intestinal parasites; they are worms that are flattened like a tape measure. A tapeworm cannot live freely on its own – it survives within the gut (intestine) of an animal, including a human. A parasite is an animal or plant that lives in a host; another animal or plant.
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