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Neurocysticercosis: Mystery over woman diagnosed with Australia’s first case of locally acquired tapeworm disease – NEWS.com.au
Neurocysticercosis: Mystery over woman diagnosed with Australia’s first case of locally acquired tapeworm disease

Mystery surrounds how a Melbourne woman who had never travelled overseas was infected in Australia with a parasitic disease spread by a tapeworm found in pigs. The case has sparked warnings that diseases such as neurocysticercosis may be able to spread to Australia due to increasing international travel.
The tapeworm taenia solium is not commonly found in Australia and those previously diagnosed with the disease neurocysticercosis (NCC) have been either immigrants, or people who have travelled …
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