Hymenolepis diminuta

Cards (1)

  • • Common name: Rat tapeworm
    • Intermediate host: Rat, Flea, Flour beetle, Cockroaches
    • Final Host: Rats
    • Accidental Host: Man
    • Infective Stage: Cysticercoid larva
    • Mode of Transmission: Ingestion of intermediate host containing larva
    • Eggs: Oncosphere with two polar thickening but without polar filaments, sunny side-up/fried-egg appearance