Hymenolepis diminuta infection in a school-going child: A rare case report

Australasian Medical Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 379-381

  Kalaivani, Ramakrishnan ^a   Nandhini, Lakshmanaperumal ^a   Seetha, Kunigal Srinivasaiah ^a  

^a MAHATMA GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Hymenolepis diminuta; Rat tapeworm

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; EOSINOPHILIA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HYMENOLEPIASIS; HYMENOLEPIS DIMINUTA; LOSS OF APPETITE; MORNING DOSAGE; PERSONAL HYGIENE; SANITATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE DRUG DOSE;

EID: 84907551764     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18361935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4066/AMJ.2014.2136     Document Type: Article

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