dwarf tapeworm

flatworm
Also known as: Hymenolepis nana

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cause of cestodiasis

  • cestodiasis
    In cestodiasis

    Hymenolepis nana, or dwarf tapeworm, only a few centimetres long, releases eggs that require no intermediate hosts. It is possibly the most common cestode found in humans, affecting chiefly children. Symptoms of intestinal cestodiasis include abdominal pain that may be relieved by eating and that may be associated…

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