15. What is the life cycle of a
tapeworm?

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Pregnant proglottids with taenia
are released together with feces.
If ingested by intermediate hosts,
swine or , the eggs break inside
intestines and the larva
the mucosa and gains circulation to
settle on , heart, brain and
other of these animals and
differentiate into cystic larvae
cysticerci. Humans become infected
eating raw or badly swine
or bovine meat by
cysticerci. In the intestines the
cysticerci develop adult worms and
the goes on.