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Hymenolepiasis Epidemiology
- Distribution is worldwide (more common in warm and dry climates than in cold or wet ones)
- Infection is more common in children
- Infection is acquired through ingestion of eggs in contaminated food or water
- Cestode with direct life cycle (no intermediate hosts)
- Possibility of autoinfection (eggs are already infective when passed in the faeces!)
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