Hymenolepiasis

Description

A disease caused by an infection with the parasitic worm Hymenolepis. This disease is commonly asymptomatic. This disease may present with nausea, weakness, abdominal pain, diarrhoea, or vomiting. Transmission is by the ingestion of eggs commonly in contaminated food or water, or ingestion of infected arthropods. Confirmation is by identification of Hymenolepis eggs in a faecal sample.

Index terms

Hymenolepiasis
Dwarf tapeworm infection
dwarf tapeworm

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hymenolepidosis
hymenolepiosis
hymenolepis infection
hymenolepis infestation
Hymenolepiasis due to Hymenolepis nana
hymenolepiasis nana
hymenolepis nana infection
Hymenolepiasis due to Hymenolepis diminuta
Rat tapeworm infection
hymenolepis diminuta
hymenolepis diminuta infection
rat tapeworm

Exclusions from above levels

NE83.1 – Infection arising from device, implant or graft, not elsewhere classified

Sibling codes

1F70 – Cysticercosis
1F71 – Diphyllobothriasis
1F72 – Dipylidiasis
1F73 – Echinococcosis
1F75 – Sparganosis
1F76 – Taeniasis
1F7Y – Other specified diseases due to cestodes
1F7Z – Diseases due to cestodes, unspecified

Foundation entity

Hymenolepiasis – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/2028864113

Part of: 01: Certain infectious or parasitic diseases