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> The finding surprised the doctors since tapeworms aren’t endemic to Spain and he said he hadn’t traveled. However, the man may have been exposed during his wo
by sva_ 3mo ago
> The finding surprised the doctors since tapeworms aren’t endemic to Spain and he said he hadn’t traveled. However, the man may have been exposed during his work. Until 10-years prior, when he retired, he had worked in construction, often working alongside people who had migrated from regions where pork tapeworms (Taenia solium) are endemic. The parasitic worms can spread through the fecal-oral route. His doctors speculated his infection might have been a rare case of cryptic transmission from sharing meals and bathrooms with his coworkers, one of whom apparently had a tapeworm infection.
yikes
- dlcarrier 3mo agoThat's pretty much the only way norovirus spreads, and it's common enough to kill ~200,000 people a year.
- htx80nerd 3mo ago[flagged]
- vkou 3mo agoWhere did you/your ancestors migrate from, and did any of them do any work at any point?
- VaderAi 3mo ago[flagged]
- romanusrome 3mo ago[dead]
- eschulz 3mo agoMoral of the story, eating shit and undercooked meat come with risks.
- snootypoot 3mo ago[flagged]
- aaron695 3mo ago[dead]
- avadodin 3mo agoThe Taenia genus —among many other pork parasites— is —or used to be— endemic in the whole Iberian peninsula and all ethnic Spaniards eat raw pork meat. I don't even know which mystery non–Spaniard dark–skins the doctor is trying to blame here.