Hymenolepiasis is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Hymenolepiasis, or a subtype of Hymenolepiasis,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Hymenolepiasis as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
Complications of Hymenolepiasis:
see complications of Hymenolepiasis
Causes of Hymenolepiasis: see causes of Hymenolepiasis
Symptoms of Hymenolepiasis: see symptoms of Hymenolepiasis
Complications of Hymenolepiasis: see complications of Hymenolepiasis
Treatments for Hymenolepiasis:
see treatments for Hymenolepiasis
Prevention of Hymenolepiasis:
see prevention of Hymenolepiasis
Main name of condition: Hymenolepiasis
Other names or spellings for Hymenolepiasis:dwarf tapeworm infection, rat tapeworm, Hymenolepsis infection
Dwarf tapeworm, Hymenolepis diminuta infection, Rat tapeworm infection
Source - Diseases Database
Hymenolepsis infection
Source - Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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