Doctors find tapeworm larvae in woman's brain after she complains of headaches
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. It is believed to be the first native case of neurocysticercosis - the disease caused by infection of the central nervous system with tapeworm larvae - in Australia." Previous Australian cases have either been in immigrants or returning residents, who have travelled to endemic regions," said the authors of the case study published in The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene last month. Scientists believe the woman may have inadvertently ingested eggs of T. solium released by another tapeworm carrier who had come from an affected country.
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