Atapeworm attaches to the wall of its host’s intestine and starts to absorb the host’s nutrients. eventually this can cause great harm to the host as the host loses many important nutrients. which type of infectious agent is a tapeworm? a virus a bacterium a fungus a parasite

A parasite.

Explanation: A tapeworm is a parasite which gets attached to the wall of the intestine. The worm absorbs the nutrients from there.

Tapeworms are flat and segmented parasites which can grow from 4 inches to 28 inches. Typically they get attached to the intestinal walls and causes infection of tapeworm.

It can develop into cysticercosis which is known as the infection of the tissues.

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