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Descriptor English: Hymenolepis nana
Descriptor Spanish: Hymenolepis nana
Descriptor Hymenolepis nana
Scope note: Es la especie más pequeña de TENIAS y el único cestodo que parasita a los seres humanos sin requerir un huésped intermedio.
Descriptor Portuguese: Hymenolepis nana
Descriptor French: Hymenolepis nana
Entry term(s): Dwarf Tapeworm
Dwarf Tapeworms
Tapeworm, Dwarf
Tapeworms, Dwarf
Tree number(s): B01.050.500.500.736.215.454.410
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D048189
Scope note: The smallest species of TAPEWORMS. It is the only cestode that parasitizes humans without requiring an intermediate host.
Annotation: infection: coordinate (IM) with HYMENOLEPIASIS (IM)
Allowable Qualifiers: AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Cestoda (1965-1979)
Hymenolepis (1979-2004)
Public MeSH Note: 2005
History Note: 2005
DeCS ID: 38515
Unique ID: D048189
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2005/01/01
Date of Entry: 2004/07/07
Revision Date: 2017/02/24
Hymenolepis nana - Preferred
Concept UI M0460811
Scope note The smallest species of TAPEWORMS. It is the only cestode that parasitizes humans without requiring an intermediate host.
Preferred term Hymenolepis nana
Entry term(s) Dwarf Tapeworm
Dwarf Tapeworms
Tapeworm, Dwarf
Tapeworms, Dwarf



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