Hymenolepis microstoma

Hymenolepis microstoma
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Class:	Cestoda
Order:	Cyclophyllidea
Family:	Hymenolepididae
Genus:	Hymenolepis
Species:	H. microstoma
Binomial name
	Hymenolepis microstoma; Dujardin, 1845
Synonyms
	Vampirolepis microstoma; (Dujardin, 1854) Spasskii, 1954; Rodentolepis microstoma; (Dujardin, 1854) Spasskii, 1954; Taenia microstoma; Dujardin, 1845; Taenia brachydera; Diesing, 1854; Taenia murisdecumani; Diesing, 1863;

Hymenolepis microstoma, also known as the rodent tapeworm, is an intestinal dwelling parasite. Adult worms live in the bile duct and small intestines of mice and rats, and larvae metamorphose in the haemocoel of beetles. It belongs to the genus Hymenolepis; tapeworms that cause hymenolepiasis. H. microstoma is prevalent in rodents worldwide, but rarely infects humans.^[2]

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^ Macnish MG, Ryan UM, Behnke JM, Thompson RC (September 2003). "Detection of the rodent tapeworm Rodentolepis (=Hymenolepis) microstoma in humans. A new zoonosis?". Int. J. Parasitol. 33 (10): 1079–85. doi:10.1016/s0020-7519(03)00137-1. PMID 13129530.

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[pmid13129530-2] Macnish MG, Ryan UM, Behnke JM, Thompson RC (September 2003). "Detection of the rodent tapeworm Rodentolepis (=Hymenolepis) microstoma in humans. A new zoonosis?". Int. J. Parasitol. 33 (10): 1079–85. doi:10.1016/s0020-7519(03)00137-1. PMID 13129530.

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