(12) The dominant fly species Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius) carried eggs of the roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides L., the pinworm Trichuris trichiura (L.) and hookworm on the adult external body surface and in the gut lumen, in association with Bukit Lanjan aborigines.
(13) A diet level of 0.0004% reduced immature and mature pinworm by 99 and 75%, respectively but 0.0001% was inactive.
(14) The pinworm, Enterobius vermicularis, is the most common intestinal parasite in the primary care setting, regardless of race, socioeconomic or cultural circumstances.
(15) By that way, identity of both stages, as well as function of pinworms as Dientamoeba fragilis vectors were confirmed.
(16) Examination of 182 appendices containing Enterobius vermicularis demonstrated that male pinworms are seen more commonly than female.
(17) The low morbidity and high reinfection rate make routine treatment of pinworm infection in third world countries a low priority, except when clinically indicated.
(18) Such was the case in our patient who had anal pinworms (Enterobius vermicularis).
(19) A questionnaire demonstrated that the family status and personal hygiene are the most important factors in transmission of pinworm infection, among the group surveyed.
(20) The results of the present study indicate that monthly chemotherapy is the best method for controlling pinworm infections in these mountainous regions.
Threadworm
Definition:
(n.) Any long, slender nematode worm, especially the pinworm and filaria.
Example Sentences:
(1) Strongyloides (threadworm) infestation is sometimes difficult to diagnose and may be traced directly to the family dog.
(2) Worm infections were reduced in the treated market-weight pigs: by 96% (P less than 0.05) for the large roundworm (Ascaris suum), 77% (P less than 0.01) for nodular worms (Oesophagostomum spp), and 64% (P less than 0.01) for the intestinal threadworm.
(3) The reasons for the high individual variation could not be identified from the histological sections, and no correlation was found between MC numbers and the presence of threadworms.
(4) The threadworm, enterobius (oxyuris) vermicularis, is an nematode which may inhabit the human terminal ileum, colon and appendix.
(5) Laparotomy revealed a mesenteric mass; pathology demonstrated a granuloma containing an adult threadworm (Enterobius vermicularis) and its eggs.
(6) The patients had single or mixed infections caused by pinworms, roundworms, hookworms, whipworms, threadworms, or tapeworms.
(7) 1% relative values between 1.9 and 12.5% were established in threadworms.
(8) This article briefly reviews new information on trichostrongylid stomach worms, spirurid stomach worms, tapeworms, threadworms, pinworms, intestinal protozoa, lungworms, eye worms, and numerous other aberrant parasites as it relates to prevalence, pathogenesis of diseases, and treatments.
(9) The main clinical symptom of threadworms (enterobiasis) is itching around the anus.
(10) Intestinal threadworms (Strongyloides stercoralis in the dog and S. tumefaciens in the cat) parasitize the small intestine.
(11) The identification of whipworms and threadworms, their life cycles, and the diagnosis, treatment, and control of infection are discussed in this article.
(12) The major causes were poor hygiene and threadworms.
(13) Threadworm infestation was present, but other gastro-intestinal infection was excluded.
(14) @Threadworm Ian McEwan arrives by hot air balloon and uses Chesil Beach pebble to bang in tentpegs @thespyglass Someone, not me, has Islamic calligraphy-ed all over the back window of Christopher Hitchens' caravan.
(15) @Threadworm There goes Philip Pullman and his twin brother, handing out freebie loaves and fishes to sell the New Atheism.
(16) Simple measures to improve hygiene and treatment of threadworms gave effective relief.
(17) The direct smear revealed all the helminths present except threadworms in only 30% of the cases.
(18) Prevalence, intensity and aggregation of threadworms was higher in old than in young grouse.
(19) Most recent authors suggest that larvae of the threadworm, Strongyloides ratti, migrate from a cutaneous infection site to the small intestine via the naso-frontal region of the head.
(20) Red grouse infected with the caecal threadworm Trichostrongylus tenuis developed a mild anaemia.