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  2. Human parasite - Wikipedia

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    Human parasites are divided into endoparasites, which cause infection inside the body, and ectoparasites, which cause infection superficially within the skin. The cysts and eggs of endoparasites may be found in feces, which aids in the detection of the parasite in the human host while also providing the means for the parasitic species to exit ...

  3. List of parasites of humans - Wikipedia

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    Main article: Human parasite Endoparasites Protozoan organisms Common name of organism or disease Latin name (sorted) Body parts affected Diagnostic specimen Prevalence Source/Transmission (Reservoir/Vector) Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis and Acanthamoeba keratitis (eye infection) Acanthamoeba spp. eye, brain, skin culture worldwide contact lenses cleaned with contaminated tap water ...

  4. Parasitic worm - Wikipedia

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    Hookworms attached to the intestinal mucosa Two pinworms Image showing life cycle inside and outside of the human body of one fairly typical and well described helminth: Ascaris lumbricoides. Helminths are a group of organisms which share a similar form but are not necessarily evolutionarily related. The term "helminth" is an artificial term.

  5. X-ray reveals parasitic worm inside man's foot - AOL

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    There are all kinds of worms that live inside human bodies. One man in Melbourne, Australia was living with a parasitic worm in his foot, known as the Guinea worm. The 38-year-old Sudanese ...

  6. Pinworm infection - Wikipedia

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    [9] [11] [18] [19] Although pinworms do not strictly multiply inside the body of their human host, [9] some of the pinworm larvae may hatch on the anal mucosa, and migrate up the bowel and back into the gastrointestinal tract of the original host. [9] [18] This process is called retroinfection.

  7. Ascaris lumbricoides - Wikipedia

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    Image showing life cycle inside and outside of the human body of one fairly well described helminth: A. lumbricoides. Ascaris lumbricoides, a roundworm, infects humans via the fecal-oral route. Eggs released by adult females are shed in feces. Unfertilized eggs are often observed in fecal samples but never become infective.

  8. Pinworm (parasite) - Wikipedia

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    Almost the entire body of a gravid female becomes filled with eggs. [23] 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]

  9. Helminthiasis - Wikipedia

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    The signs and symptoms of helminthiasis depend on a number of factors including: the site of the infestation within the body; the type of worm involved; the number of worms and their volume; the type of damage the infesting worms cause; and, the immunological response of the body. Where the burden of parasites in the body is light, there may be ...

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