Hymenolepis diminuta

• H. diminuta is also known as

  Rat tapeworm
• Hooklets of the hexacanth embryo are arranged in what structure?

  Fan-like structure
• Describe the shell of H. diminuta

  Complete polar thickening with no polar filaments
• Color of H. diminuta eggs' embryophore

  Colorless
• Larval stage of H diminuta

  Cysticercoid
• Describe the rostellum of H. diminuta

  Small rostellum bearing no hooks
• Shape of proglottids

  Rectangular
• Describe the appearance of gravid proglottids

  Saclike uterus filled with eggs
• Describe the size of gravid proglottids

  Twice as wide as long
• Diagnostic stage of H. diminuta

  Eggs
• Infective stage of H. diminuta

  Cysticercoid
• MOT of H. diminuta


  Ingestion of infected insect
• Definitive hosts of H. diminuta

  Rats and human
• Intermediate host of H. diminuta

  Insects
• Specific insect that serves as intermediate host

  Grain beetles
• Drug of choice for H. diminuta

  Praziquantel
• Alternative drug of choice

  Niclosamide