Dwarf Tapeworm

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Dwarf Tapeworm

The only human tapeworm with no intermediate host
Epidemiology It is most common in warm, dry climates; infection is by direct transmission, often among families, and in institutions; the eggs hatch in stomach and small intestine, penetrate villi and metamorphose into cercocysts; recalcitrant infections are maintained by autoinfection
Treatment Praziquantel, niclosamide

dwarf

an abnormally undersized animal or plant. See also dwarfism.

dwarf bay

daphnemezereum.

dwarf cattle

see dwarfism.

dwarf Darling pea

swainsonaluteola.

dolichocephalic dwarf

dwarf with a long, narrow head.

dwarf elder

sambucusebulus.

dwarf goat

a dwarf variety of any of the standard goat breeds; the best known is a dwarf of West African breed.

dwarf laurel

kalmiaangustifolia.

proportional dwarf

see proportional dwarf.

dwarf tapeworm

see hymenolepisnana.

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