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More dangerous to man than the beef tapeworm is Echinococcus gramdosus. Sometimes the microscopic eggs adhere to the fur of dogs and find their way into the mouths of dog patters. Once established in human tissue, a single egg can multiply asexually into millions of tapeworm heads enclosed in a cyst as big as a grapefruit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Persistent Parasites | 4/8/1957 | See Source »

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