What's the difference between nematode and whipworm?
Nematode
Definition:
(a. & n.) Same as Nematoid.
Example Sentences:
(1) The faeces of forty-two were examined microscopically for nematode eggs.
(2) The propionyl-CoA condensing enzyme which catalyzes the first step in the biosynthesis of 2-methylbutyrate and 2-methylvalerate by Ascaris muscle appears to exist in at least three forms in the mitochondria of this parasitic nematode.
(3) Haematological and blood biochemical changes in the sheep, as well as fecundity of gastrointestinal nematodes, suggested the hosts were immunosuppressed.
(4) We have studied the organization of microtubules in neurons of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.
(5) At the external wall of the host's gut, parasitic cysts of this nematode with immature stages inside were also observed.
(6) Mice (C57BL) infected with the intestinal nematode Nematospiroides dubius showed depressed delayed type hypersensitivity responses to ovalbumin administered subcutaneously in Freund's complete adjuvant.
(7) Additionally, both nematode enzymes acetylated histamine, whereas dopamine and serotonin were not accepted as substrates.
(8) The study design of a project to investigate the epidemiology, population dynamics and control of intestinal nematode infections in fishing village communities in Southern India is described.
(9) Two control trials were conducted against Ae.samoanus larvae in Pandanus, one using a sand culture of the parasitic nematode Romanomermis culicivorax and the other with temephos, an organophosphate insecticide.
(10) Lesions associated with Philometroides huronensis in the white sucker (Catostomus commersoni) of southern Ontario occurred during the spring (April-June) and were related to the development and release of first-stage larvae from the gravid nematode.
(11) Hypoproteinaemia, attributed to serum albumin loss, was demonstrated seven weeks after infection, but this was not associated with the interaction of Cu deficiency and nematode infection.
(12) Five cases shown to be positive by traditional methods were negative in the agar plate method, and it was necessary to discriminate Strongyloides microscopically from other similar nematode larvae, especially in an area, such as northern Thailand, with a high prevalence of hookworms.
(13) Using bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) we have retrieved soluble proteins and cells from the respiratory tract of rats given a primary or secondary infection with the nematode Nippostrongylus brasiliensis.
(14) Specific binding sites for ivermectin (IVM; 22,23-dihydroavermectin-B1) were identified and characterized in a crude membrane fraction prepared from the nematode, Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans).
(15) The association of SL-RNA and 5S rRNA genes in tandemly repeated units is also found in nematodes but paradoxically does not exist in trypanosomes which are phylogenically much closer to Euglena.
(16) We sought genes defining synaptic specificity by identifying mutations that alter synaptic connectivity in the motor circuitry in the nematode C. elegans.
(17) The nematode T. spiralis can survive for tens of years within the cytoplasm of the Nurse cell and secretes proteins into the cytoplasm that are believed to play a role in mediating the Nurse cell formation or maintenance.
(18) The nematodes infecting children by the oral way have a maximal incidence at the age of 3 to 6 years.
(19) A survey of gastrointestinal nematodes in Georgia cattle was conducted from 1968 through 1973 from actual worm counts from viscera of 145 slaughtered beef cattle or from egg counts made from fecal samples from 3,273 beef and 100 dairy cattle.
(20) This diversity is illustrated by a comparison of sex determination in three well-studied model organisms: the fruitfly Drosophila melanogaster, the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, and the mouse.
Whipworm
Definition:
(n.) A nematode worm (Trichocephalus dispar) often found parasitic in the human intestine. Its body is thickened posteriorly, but is very long and threadlike anteriorly.
Example Sentences:
(1) Factor analysis grouped the variables considered into 5 factors: the first was associated with veterinary assistance; the second with the animal's function and the presence of whipworms, hookworms and tapeworms; the third with cohabitation, origin and presence of coccidia; the fourth with the presence of fresh meat (cooked, raw or frozen) in the diet, age and positivity for ascarids; the fifth with sex and the presence of gastroenteric conditions.
(2) Mebendazole, a new broad-spectrum oral anthelmintic for nematodes, was given to patients harboring whipworm in a hospital for the mentally retarded.
(3) Based upon measurements and morphologic character, whipworms recovered from a Miami, Florida, cat were identified as Trichuris campanula.
(4) Mebendazole has been found to be ovicidal for the eggs of roundworm, hookworm, and whipworm with the disadvantages of cost and long duration of therapy; it is also considered the best drug for the treatment of trichuriasis.
(5) Numbers of hookworm and whipworm eggs after treatment were reduced similarly for both drug formulations when compared with pretreatment egg counts, whereas these counts increased in the controls.
(6) Whipworms (genus Trichuris) parasitize the lower bowel of humans, domestic animals, and wild animals.
(7) The whipworm (Trichuris trichiura) is an occasional finding in anorectal disease.
(8) Infection of pigs by the whipworm (Trichuris suis) resulted in profuse diarrhea on postinfection days 17 to 21.
(9) On closer observation it was seen that the radiolucid ring was not complete and was continued by a prolongation which corresponds to the whipworm.
(10) Better drugs could change the outlook for children infected by roundworm, hookworm and whipworm – the three most common of the soil transmitted helminths – and also for onchocerciasis.
(11) Most commonly encountered were dogs infected with 2 species of parasites (39.4%), of which hookworms plus whipworms were found most often (32.7%).
(12) This is the first record of human infection with the canine whipworm in Japan.
(13) Whipworm infections in dogs and hookworm infections in cats generally appeared at greater ages, reaching their highest prevalence in hosts 1 to 2 years old.
(14) They found roundworm, whipworm, tapeworm - and the Chinese liver fluke, whose nearest endemic area is around 1,500 km away, though the particular species is most common even further away, in Guandong Province, approximately 2,000 km from the site.
(15) The patients had single or mixed infections caused by pinworms, roundworms, hookworms, whipworms, threadworms, or tapeworms.
(16) Cecal microorganisms of mice were categorized and enumerated weekly during the developmental cycle of infection with the whipworm, Trichuris muris.
(17) To clarify whether the female worms laying the large eggs were T. trichiura or T. vulpis, we examined the morphology of adult worms and the size of whipworm eggs obtained from a patient and from several domestic dogs.
(18) The anthelminitic activity of the drug was demonstrated by the recovery of roundworms, hookworms and whipworms from the stools.
(19) The whipworm (Trichuris trichura) is very common in the warm countries.
(20) Considering age categories from birth to 5 years, patent ascarid infections were less prevalent in cats greater than 6 months old, whereas hookworm infections were most prevalent in cats 1 to 5 years old; trichurids (whipworms and capillarids) were most often found in cats greater than 6 months old; and coccidia were found with uniform frequency in cats of all age categories.