RT Book, Section
A1 García, HéCtor H.
A1 Gilman, Robert H.
A2 Rudolph, Colin D.
A2 Rudolph, Abraham M.
A2 Lister, George E.
A2 First, Lewis R.
A2 Gershon, Anne A.
SR Print(0)
ID 7031382
T1 Chapter 339. Hymenolepiasis
T2 Rudolph's Pediatrics, 22e
YR 2011
FD 2011
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-149723-7
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=7031382
RD 2024/04/24
AB Infection  with  Hymenolepis  nana,  the  dwarf  tapeworm,  is  the  most  common  tapeworm  infection  in  the  world.  H  nana  is  found  in  0.4%  of  fecal  specimens  submitted  to  state  laboratories  in  the  United  States.  Infections  occur  most  frequently  in  warm  countries.  It  is  especially  prevalent  in  the  southern  part  of  the  former  Soviet  Union,  the  Mediterranean,  the  Indian  subcontinent,  and  South  America.  Children  are  more  commonly  infected  than  adults,  and  high  prevalence  rates  have  been  reported  in  institutionalized  children  because  of  fecal-oral  transmission.1