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  2. Helminthiasis - Wikipedia

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    Ascaris life cycle: Adult worms in the lumen of the small intestine (1). The female produces eggs (approximately 200,000 per day) that are excreted with the feces (2). Unfertilized eggs are harmless, but fertilized ones are infective after 18 days to several weeks (3).

  3. Soil-transmitted helminthiasis - Wikipedia

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    The worms can induce intestinal bleeding, competition for nutrients (malabsorption of nutrients), frequent anaemia and diarrhoea. [18] Soil-transmitted helminths can also cause loss of appetite. [2] These nutritional "knock on" effects of STH can have a significant impact on the mental and physical development of children.

  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 the ...

  5. Soil-transmitted helminth - Wikipedia

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    The soil-transmitted helminths (also called geohelminths) are a group of intestinal parasites belonging to the phylum Nematoda that are transmitted primarily through contaminated soil. They are so called because they have a direct life cycle which requires no intermediate hosts or vectors , and the parasitic infection occurs through faecal ...

  6. Timeline of deworming - Wikipedia

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    Japan Association of Parasite Control (JAPC) forms. JAPC is a consolidation of several previous deworming groups that existed. [6] Soil-transmitted helminthiasis: Japan 1965–1995: Program launch: Korea Association for Parasite Eradication models their deworming program (a "biannual school-based mass screening and treatment program") off ...

  7. Trichuris trichiura - Wikipedia

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    The life cycle from the time of ingestion of eggs to the development of mature worms takes approximately three months. During this time, there may be limited signs of infection in stool samples, due to a lack of egg production and shedding. The female T. trichiura begin to lay eggs after three months of maturity. Worms commonly live for about ...

  8. Pinworm (parasite) - Wikipedia

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    It is a nematode (roundworm) and a common intestinal parasite or helminth, especially in humans. [7] The medical condition associated with pinworm infestation is known as pinworm infection ( enterobiasis ) [ 8 ] (a type of helminthiasis ) or less precisely as oxyuriasis in reference to the family Oxyuridae .

  9. Helminthic therapy - Wikipedia

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    This therapy ties to the Hygiene hypothesis in that the lack of exposure to bacteria and parasites such as helminths can cause a weaker immune system leading to being more susceptible to autoimmune disease. [4] [5] Helminth worms are members of two phyla: nematodes, which are primarily used in human helminthic therapy, and flat worms . [2]