The focus in this article is in " Hymenolepis " commonly parasitizing humans.
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It has also shown anthelmintic ( expelling parasitic worms ) activity on mature and immature " Hymenolepis nana " in mice.
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Two parasitic worms first discovered in the gastrointestinal tract of camas pocket gophers are the nematode " Heligmosomoides thomomyos " and the Hymenolepis horrida ".
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Several endoparasitic cestodes including " Hymenolepis javanensis " and " Cittotaenia sandgroundi " have been described from lesser whistling duck hosts apart from ectoparasitic bird lice and mites.
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It belongs to the genus " Hymenolepis "; tapeworms that cause hymenolepiasis . " H . microstoma " is prevalent in rodents worldwide, but rarely infects humans.
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"Hymenolepis " species and other tapeworms often exhibit a'crowding effect'in which the total biomass of the worms stays more or less constant, regardless of the intensity of infection.
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Peter R . Mason, Barbara A . Patterson . ( 1994 ) . Epidemiology of Hymenolepis nana Infections in Primary School Children in Urban and Rural Communities in Zimbabwe . The Journal of Parasitology.
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The family Hymenolepididae has only two species which infects humans : the disease hymenolepiasis is caused by " Hymenolepis nana " and " H . diminuta ", which are sometimes classified in the genus " Rodentolepis ".
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Endoparasitic helminths, " Hymenolepis childi " and " Dilepis lepidocolpos " have been described from Sri Lankan birds while others like " Neocotylotretus udaipurensis " and " Syncuaria buckleyi " have been described from Indian birds.
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Humans or rodents can be the reservoir of H . nana . " H . diminuta ", the reservoirs are rodents and insects ( specifically flour beetles, " Tribulium " species ) . [ 3, 1 ] Hymenolepis has no vectors.
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