Most people with a tapeworm infection got it by: eating raw or undercooked beef, pork, or fish infected with tapeworm. or. contact with poop that contains tapeworm eggs. People can pass tapeworm eggs to others when they don't wash their hands after using the bathroom.
Where do most people get tapeworm?
Infection occurs more frequently in areas with poor sanitation practices. Eating raw or undercooked meats. Improper cooking may fail to kill tapeworm eggs and larvae contained in contaminated pork or beef. Living in endemic areas.
How likely are you to get a tapeworm?
You probably won't ever get one. Less than 1,000 people in the U.S. get them a year. It's extremely rare to pick one up from your pet. And if you take the right steps to cook meat, you shouldn't get one from it, either.
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