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  2. Gongylonema pulchrum - Wikipedia

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    Gongylonema pulchrum infections are due to humans acting as accidental hosts for the parasite. There are seven genera of spirudia nematodes that infect human hosts accidentally: Gnathostoma, Thelazia, Gongylonema, Physaloptera, Spirocerca, Rictularia. The G. pulchrum parasite is a nematode worm of the order Spirurida.

  3. Ascariasis - Wikipedia

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    Ascariasis is a disease caused by the parasitic roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides. [1] Infections have no symptoms in more than 85% of cases, especially if the number of worms is small. [1] Symptoms increase with the number of worms present and may include shortness of breath and fever in the beginning of the disease. [1]

  4. Ascaris - Wikipedia

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    Ascaris lumbricoides Linn., 1758. Ascaris suum (Goeze, 1782) Ascaris is a nematode genus of parasitic worms known as the "small intestinal roundworms", which is a type of parasitic worm. [1] One species, Ascaris lumbricoides, affects humans and causes the disease ascariasis. Another species, Ascaris suum, typically infects pigs.

  5. List of parasites of humans - Wikipedia

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    tick bites, e.g. Ixodes scapularis. Balantidiasis. Balantidium coli. intestinal mucosa, may become invasive in some patients. stool (diarrhea=ciliated trophozoite; solid stool=large cyst with horseshoe shaped nucleus) ingestion of cyst, zoonotic infection acquired from pigs (feces) Blastocystosis. Blastocystis spp.

  6. Loa loa - Wikipedia

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    Whole blood with microfilaria worm, giemsa stain. L. loa worms have a simple structure consisting of a head (which lacks lips), a body, and a blunt tail. The outer body of the worm is composed of a cuticle with 3 main layers made up of collagen and other compounds which aid in protecting the nematodes while they are inside the digestive system of their host.

  7. Loa loa filariasis - Wikipedia

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    Loa loa filariasis, (Loiasis) is a skin and eye disease caused by the nematode worm Loa loa. Humans contract this disease through the bite of a deer fly (Chrysops spp.) or mango fly, the vectors for Loa loa. The adult Loa loa filarial worm can reach from three to seven centimetres long and migrates throughout the subcutaneous tissues of humans ...

  8. Acorn worm - Wikipedia

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    th, throat. tb, tongue-bars. tc, trunk coelom. [15] Acorn worm on the ocean floor. Most acorn worms range from 9 to 45 centimetres (3.5 to 17.7 in) in length, with the largest species, Balanoglossus gigas, reaching 1.5 metres (5 ft) or more. The body is made up of three main parts: an acorn-shaped proboscis, a short fleshy collar that lies ...

  9. Pinworm infection - Wikipedia

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    Pinworm infection (threadworm infection in the UK), also known as enterobiasis, is a human parasitic disease caused by the pinworm, Enterobius vermicularis. [3] The most common symptom is pruritus ani, or itching in the anal area. [1] The period of time from swallowing eggs to the appearance of new eggs around the anus is 4 to 8 weeks. [2]

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