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Tapeworm Infestation is the infection of the digestive tract by adult parasitic flatworms called cestodes or tapeworms. Live tapeworm larvae (coenuri) are sometimes ingested by consuming undercooked food. Once inside the digestive tract a larva can grow into a very large adult tapeworm. Additionally many tapeworm larvae cause symptoms in an intermediate host. For example cysticercosis is a disease of humans involving larval tapeworms in the human body.
