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== Tapeworm Infection == | == Tapeworm Infection == | ||
Tapeworms can be caught by eating uncooked or undercooked pork, beef, or freshwater fish containing cysts. Because of this the Old Testament dietary laws forbade the eating of pork to prevent such infections.(Porch, p461) Humans can catch them as well as pets and almost any other [[mammal]]. [http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec17/ch196/ch196p.html] | Tapeworms can be caught by eating uncooked or undercooked pork, beef, or freshwater fish containing cysts. Because of this the Old Testament dietary laws forbade the eating of pork to prevent such infections.(Porch, p461) Humans can catch them as well as pets and almost any other [[mammal]].[http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec17/ch196/ch196p.html] | ||
A human can become either the final, or even intermediate host.(Porch, p458) | A human can become either the final, or even intermediate host.(Porch, p458) | ||
