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  2. Gongylonema pulchrum - Wikipedia

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    Gongylonema pulchrum was first named and presented with its own species by Molin in 1857. The first reported case was in 1850 by Dr. Joseph Leidy, when he identified a worm "obtained from the mouth of a child" from the Philadelphia Academy (however, an earlier case may have been treated in patient Elizabeth Livingstone in the seventeenth century [2]).

  3. These Pictures Will Help You ID the Most Common Bug ... - AOL

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    Here are pictures of the most common bug bites to keep on your radar. ... made up of tiny blisters, or scaly. Symptoms to note: ... A tiny white mark may be visible in the middle of the welt where ...

  4. Pinworm infection - Wikipedia

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    The eggs hatch in the duodenum (first part of the small intestine). [19] The emerging pinworm larvae grow rapidly to a size of 140 to 150 micrometres, [9] and migrate through the small intestine towards the colon. [12] During this migration they moult twice and become adults. [12] [18] Females survive for 5 to 13 weeks, and males about 7 weeks ...

  5. Strongyloides stercoralis - Wikipedia

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    By this process, S. stercoralis can cause both respiratory and gastrointestinal symptoms. The worms also participate in autoinfection, in which the rhabditiform larvae become infective filariform larvae, which can penetrate either the intestinal mucosa (internal autoinfection) or the skin of the perianal area (external autoinfection); in either ...

  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 three 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.

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  8. Parasitoid wasp - Wikipedia

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    Parasitized white cabbage larvae showing wasp larvae exiting its body, spinning cocoons. Playback at double speed. Adult wasps at normal speed. Parasitoid wasps are a large group of hymenopteran superfamilies, with all but the wood wasps being in the wasp-waisted Apocrita.

  9. Taenia solium - Wikipedia

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    The adult worm has a flat, ribbon-like body which is white and measures 2 to 3 metres (6.6 to 9.8 ft) long, or more. Its tiny attachment, the scolex, contains suckers and a rostellum as organs of attachment that attach to the wall of the small intestine. The main body, consists of a chain of segments known as proglottids.