Hymenolepis nana
"Hymenolepis nana" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The smallest species of TAPEWORMS. It is the only cestode that parasitizes humans without requiring an intermediate host.
| Descriptor ID |
D048189
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.500.736.215.454.410
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| Concept/Terms |
Hymenolepis nana- Hymenolepis nana
- Dwarf Tapeworm
- Dwarf Tapeworms
- Tapeworm, Dwarf
- Tapeworms, Dwarf
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