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BBC World Service
Can We Worm Our Way Into Better Health?
27 minutes Posted Oct 13, 2017 at 12:32 pm.
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We test the science behind parasitic therapy to answer listener Michael’s question about whether intestinal worms can help us stay healthy, and visit a deworming programme in a rural Ugandan village.

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Presenter: Marnie Chesterton

Producer: Marijke Peters

(Picture: Tapeworm in human intestine, Credit: selvanegra/Getty Images)