It does not make them sick, but their feces can carry the parasite’s eggs. The two cases of the disease, also known as ...

According to a press release from the CDC, black bears are common hosts for the roundworm parasite Trichinella, which when consumed by humans could cause fever, myalgia, and facial swelling.

The worm was some 8 centimeters long and is a roundworm most commonly seen in ... Bandi and a team of specialists found and removed the parasite with forceps during a biopsy.

A ghastly disease is making its way through the Sunshine State's underbrush, leaving native snakes dead with a worm-like parasite protruding from their mouths. A coiled dusky pygmy rattlesnake ...

Trichinellosis occurs when people eat undercooked or raw meat harboring dormant roundworm larvae ... degrees Fahrenheit is necessary to kill the parasite, the CDC said. Of the 34 people surveyed ...

Caused by a roundworm parasite, it can have debilitating effects on a person’s brain and spinal cord. It spreads when rodents pass larvae of the worm in their feces, which are then eaten by ...

"You get the infection by eating the immature form of the roundworm (larvae) in raw or undercooked meat." Of the 35 attendees at the gathering, 22 reported eating undercooked bear meat — while ...

Scott Hessler The disease, caused by a parasitic roundworm, can have debilitating ... manifest within three to 30 days after ingesting the parasite. Symptoms vary among cases and can range from ...

You might imagine having a parasitic worm in your gut to be a fairly traumatic experience, but for unwitting roundworm host Theo Blossom ... This means that when you are infected with a parasite, your ...