Observations on the abnormal occurrence of Hymenolepis nana fraterna cysticercoids in the liver of a rodent

Abstract

Summary. The unusual occurrence of cysticercoids in mammalian liver is recorded. Larval forms of Hymenolepis nana fraterna are described from the liver of a Darling's Mole Rat, and comparisons made with cysts from experimentally infected white mice and with adult material.