ORGANISM 6--Hymenolepis diminuta
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
COMMON NAME: Rat tapeworm.
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Worldwide.
PATHOGENESIS: No significant pathology.
HABITAT: Small intestines.
INTERMEDIATE HOST: Insects (tenebrio molitor--grain beetle) or none (autoinfective).
RESERVOIR HOST: Rodents.
INFECTIVE FORM: Cysticercoid larva.
MODE OF ENTRY: Ingestion.
SPECIMEN SOURCE: Feces.
Figure 3-48. Life cycle of Hymenolepis diminuta.
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