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Image of the parasite identified as Hymenolepis nana. This picture was taken using a mobile phone facing the eyepiece whilst the object remains focused on the microscope stage with x 40 objective. Eggs were 30-50 pm and egg morphology was confirmed as representative of H.nana eggs based on CDC guidelines (https://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/hymenolepiasis/index.html).
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The child with the stool sample harbouring H. nana eggs (Figure 1) was unique amongst the 72 children out of 340 (21%) in whom intestinal parasites were present.