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Tapeworms do not have intestinal tracts: they absorb partially digested substances from their host through their skin. Adult tapeworms can live in the digestive tracts of a variety of hosts such as humans, pigs, cows, dogs, cats and fish. Most tapeworms have both male and female reproductive organs, and reproduce and fertilize their own eggs.
The dwarf tapeworm can be transmitted from human to human. It is the only tapeworm that can go through its entire life cycle in one single host. Dwarf tapeworm infection is the most common tapeworm infection globally. Insect-to-human transmission. Fleas and some types of beetles may pick up the eggs by eating the droppings of infected rats or mice.