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Infested by tapeworms

Michael Mosley from 'Infested!' describes the lifecycle of the tapeworm. He visits Kenya to see how the beef tapeworm needs to infect both beef cattle and humans to complete its life-cycle. He collects some infected beef in Kenya, finds the tapeworm cysts and infects himself. Footage of the cysts inside him is seen, followed ten weeks later by footage of the one metre long adult worms. Michael Mosley describes that he cannot feel it inside him despite its length.

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