DECREASED VARIABILITY IN THE CESTODE HYMENOLEPIS DIMINUTA FOLLOWING IRRADIATION OF SUCCESSIVE GENERATIONS

Localization of Glycogen in the Cestode, Hymenolepis Diminuta

Glycogen isolated from the rat tapeworm Hymenotepis diminuta by a mild quantitative procedure exhibits a sedimentation coefficient distribution characterized by two distinct regions of molecular weight with mean S values of 200 X 10-13 cm/dyne, see and 1500 X 10-13 cm/dyne, see respectively (17). This distribution is characteristic for the physiological state of the organism, and differences in...

Studies on Malic Enzyme from Hymenolepis Diminuta

Influence of trifluoperazine on tegument membranes in Hymenolepis diminuta.

Using immuno electron microscopy we have identified a number of calmodulin/calmodulin binding proteins distributed at various subcellular sites (Eastlake et al, 1994). Treatment of H. diminuta with trifluoperazine has potential cestocidal properties influencing both tegumental protein release, activity of calmodulindependent enzymes and the uptake of glucose (Branford White & Hipkiss, 1985; Hip...

Thymus dependence of tapeworm (Hymenolepis diminuta) elimination from mice.

Although normal mice eliminated the lumen-dwelling intestinal cestode Hymenolepis diminuta by day 21 post-cysticercoid inoculation, congenitally thymus-deficient (nude) mice maintained their work burdens. Nude mice grafted with thymus glands or injected with thymus cells eliminated their worms.

Analysis of a child infected with Hymenolepis diminuta in Poland.

Hymenolepis diminuta is a cosmopolitan parasite of rats and mice which is very rare in humans. This study presents the case of a 3-year-old boy infected with Hymenolepis diminuta in Poland. The diagnosis was based on eggs found and their morphology in the patient's stool.