PEDIATRICS INTERNATIONAL, cilt.47, sa.4, ss.409-411, 2005 (SCI-Expanded)
Background: Vampirolepis nana is the only human tapeworm in which the intermediate host is not necessary and transmission is from person to person. In this study the changes of serum malondialdehyde level, that is, the oxidative stress hypothesis in patients infected with V. nana, was investigated.