| lead concentrations in hymenolepis diminuta adults and taenia taeniaeformis larvae compared to their rat hosts (rattus norvegicus) sampled from the city of cairo, egypt. | concentrations of lead, determined by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry, were compared between the cestodes hymenolepis diminuta and taenia taeniaeformis and its host rat (rattus norvegicus). rats were sampled at 2 sites, which differed in respect to lead pollution as quantified from road dust, adjacent to the city of cairo, egypt. comparing lead levels among host tissues and the parasites the significantly highest accumulation was found in h. diminuta, followed by rat kidney and lar ... | 2003 | 14653537 |