Taiwan: 8-ft tapeworm removed from young girl
by Robert Herriman from Outbreak News Today on (#2T0DX)
A 8-year-old Taiwanese girl went to see a doctor after complaining of something moving and itching in her anus and what they found was a 260 cm (about 8 feet and a half) long tapeworm, according to an Apple Daily report (computer translated). The child likely contracted the lengthy parasite from eating raw or undercooked fish, ["]
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