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Hymenolepis Infection
(HIGH-meh-NAHL-eh-pis nah-na)
Dwarf Tapeworm

  • Mason PR and Patterson BA. Epidemiology of Hymenolepis nana infections in primary school children in urban and rural communities in Zimabwe. J. Parasitol. 80: 245-50, 1994.
  • Tanowitz HB, Weiss LM, Wittner M. Diagnosis and treatment of intestinal helminthes. I. Common intestinal cestodes. Gastroenterologist 1: 265-73, 1993.
  • Beaver PC, Jung RC, Cupp EW. Cyclophyllidean Tapeworms Ch31 In: Clinical Parasitology, 9 th Edition, PC Beaver, RC Jung, EW Cupp. Lea and Febiger, Phila., 1984 pp. 505-43.

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