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    Humans are accidental intermediate hosts that become infected by handling soil, dirt or animal hair that contains eggs.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echinococcosis

    Foxes, coyotes, domestic dogs, and other canids are the definitive hosts for the adult stage of the parasite. Cats may also be involved. The head of the tapeworm attaches to the intestinal mucosa by hooks and suckers. It then produces hundreds of microscopic eggs, which are dispersed through the feces.

    Humans can become an aberrant intermediate host by accidentally ingesting eggs of E. multilocularis when handling infected animals or consuming contaminated food, vegetable, and water.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echinococcus_multilocularis