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  2. Pinworm infection - Wikipedia

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    Pinworm infections commonly occur in all parts of the world. [1] [5] They are the most common type of worm infection in Western Europe, Northern Europe and the United States. [5] School-aged children are the most commonly infected. [1] In the United States about 20% of children will develop pinworm at some point. [3]

  3. Pinworm (parasite) - Wikipedia

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    The estimations of the number of eggs in a gravid female pinworm range from about 11,000 [19] to 16,000. [21] The egg-laying process begins about five weeks after initial ingestion of pinworm eggs by the human host. [19] The gravid female pinworms migrate through the colon towards the rectum at a rate of 12 to 14 cm per hour. [19]

  4. Parasitic worm - Wikipedia

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    Many of the worms referred to as helminths are intestinal parasites. An infection by a helminth is known as helminthiasis , helminth infection, or intestinal worm infection. There is a naming convention which applies to all helminths: the ending "-asis" (or in veterinary science: "-osis") is added at the end of the name of the worm to denote ...

  5. Gyrinicola batrachiensis - Wikipedia

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    Oxyuroidea is composed on three families: Pharyngodonidae; parasites of herbivorous vertebrates, and Oxyuridae and Heteroxynematidae; parasites of mammals and some birds. The life cycle of G. batrachiensis is generally simple and direct. Adult worms live in the posterior gut of the aquatic larval stage, or tadpole, of an anuran host. The ...

  6. Intestinal parasite infection - Wikipedia

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    Major groups of parasites include protozoans (organisms having only one cell) and parasitic worms (helminths). Of these, protozoans, including cryptosporidium, microsporidia, and isospora, are most common in HIV-infected persons. Each of these parasites can infect the digestive tract, and sometimes two or more can cause infection at the same time.

  7. Strongyloides stercoralis - Wikipedia

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    Strongyloides stercoralis is a human pathogenic parasitic roundworm causing the disease strongyloidiasis.Its common name in the US is threadworm.In the UK and Australia, however, the term threadworm can also refer to nematodes of the genus Enterobius, otherwise known as pinworms.

  8. Earthworm - Wikipedia

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    Earthworms have many internal parasites, including protozoa, platyhelminthes, mites, and nematodes; they can be found in the worms' blood, seminal vesicles, coelom, or intestine, or in their cocoons (e.g. the mite Histiostoma murchiei is a parasite of earthworm cocoons [53]).

  9. Effects of parasitic worms on the immune system - Wikipedia

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    Experiments have involved a wide range of parasites, diseases, and hosts. The effects on humans have been of special interest. The tendency of many parasitic worms to pacify the host's immune response allows them to mollify some diseases, while worsening others. [1]