Brain-Infecting Parasite May Be More Common in NY Than Experts Thought

Brain infections from a parasite called Taenia solium are more common on Long Island, New York, than experts previously thought, a new study finds. T. solium is found in raw or undercooked pork. If a person eats undercooked pork that contains this parasite in its larval stage, when it has partially developed, a tapeworm can grow in his or her intestine.