Talk:Tapeworm infection

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Changed the sentence about undercooked food leading to the ingestion of tapeworms. Properly cooking food prevents you from eating live tapeworm larvae. Cooking kills the tapeworms, it doesn't remove them from the food. (Though dead tapeworms are harmless, so this is a somewhat subtle point.)

[edit] Dyersville, Iowa?

Why is there a reference to Dyersville? Looks like vandalism to me... Misterdoe (talk) 11:05, 19 April 2008 (UTC)