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RECORD TAPEWORM
Thailand’s Parasitic Disease Research Center has reported finding an 18-metre (60ft) long tapeworm in a patient in Nong Khai.The patient had submitted a fæcal sample at a mobile testing unit which revealed telltale tapeworm signs. Medication was used to bring out the parasite, which had entered the patient’s body as a result of eating uncooked beef. The record-breaking Tæenia saginata was the longest-detected tapeworm in 50 years. They can live in people for 30 years, but advances in medication usually makes this an unlikely occurrence. thaivisa.com, 22 Mar 2021.
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