Hymenolepis diminuta infection in a young boy from rural part of Northern India

Hymenolepis diminuta (H. diminuta) is primarily a parasite of rats and mice. Humans are infected by eating meal contaminated with these arthropods. This infection is not seen commonly in Indian population. We present here a case report of infection with H. diminuta in a young boy from a rural area o...

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Autores principales: Mane, Pratibha, Sangwan, Jyoti
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4943128/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27453865
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4863.184655
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description Hymenolepis diminuta (H. diminuta) is primarily a parasite of rats and mice. Humans are infected by eating meal contaminated with these arthropods. This infection is not seen commonly in Indian population. We present here a case report of infection with H. diminuta in a young boy from a rural area of the North India.
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spelling pubmed-49431282016-07-22 Hymenolepis diminuta infection in a young boy from rural part of Northern India Mane, Pratibha Sangwan, Jyoti J Family Med Prim Care Case Report Hymenolepis diminuta (H. diminuta) is primarily a parasite of rats and mice. Humans are infected by eating meal contaminated with these arthropods. This infection is not seen commonly in Indian population. We present here a case report of infection with H. diminuta in a young boy from a rural area of the North India. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4943128/ /pubmed/27453865 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4863.184655 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title Hymenolepis diminuta infection in a young boy from rural part of Northern India
title_full Hymenolepis diminuta infection in a young boy from rural part of Northern India
title_fullStr Hymenolepis diminuta infection in a young boy from rural part of Northern India
title_full_unstemmed Hymenolepis diminuta infection in a young boy from rural part of Northern India
title_short Hymenolepis diminuta infection in a young boy from rural part of Northern India
title_sort hymenolepis diminuta infection in a young boy from rural part of northern india
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4943128/
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