INCREASED HEPATIC LYSOSOMAL ENZYME LEVELS IN MICE INFECTED WITH HYMENOLEPIS DIMINUTA

Studies on Malic Enzyme from Hymenolepis Diminuta

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.

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.

Splenic B cells from Hymenolepis diminuta-infected mice ameliorate colitis independent of T cells and via cooperation with macrophages.

Helminth parasites provoke multicellular immune responses in their hosts that can suppress concomitant disease. The gut lumen-dwelling tapeworm Hymenolepis diminuta, unlike other parasites assessed as helminth therapy, causes no host tissue damage while potently suppressing murine colitis. With the goal of harnessing the immunomodulatory capacity of infection with H. diminuta, we assessed the p...

A Case of Intestinal Infestation with Hymenolepis Diminuta in Man

Case report S. D., a young girl, was having pain in the right iliac fossa, with short periods of evening rise of temperature, off and on for the last four years. No history of diarrhoea or dysentery was given nor was there any loss of weight. She was having flatulence of upper abdomen. Dr. Mrs. P. Raj, W. M. S., Daga Hospital, advised her to get her faeces examined. Examination revealed ova of ...