Failure to infect laboratory rodent hosts with human isolates of Rodentolepis(= Hymenolepis) nana
Confusion exists over the species status and host-specificity of the tapeworm Rodentolepis (= Hymenolepis) nana. It has been described as one species, R. nana, found in both humans and rodents. Others have identified a subspecies; R. nana var. fraterna, describing it as morphologically identical to...
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Cambridge University Press
2002
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| Online Access: | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/29509/ |