What's the difference between roundworm and whipworm?
Roundworm
Definition:
(n.) A nematoid worm.
Example Sentences:
(1) The prevalence of ascaris (roundworm) infection and the severity of protein-energy malnutrition were the same in the two groups at the onset of the study.
(2) Solid organ transplant recipients can experience serious disease and death from infection due to the parasitic roundworm Strongyloides stercoralis.
(3) One hundred children aged 24-72 months who had history of passing roundworms during the preceding 12 months were compared with 100 children without such history.
(4) For example, in visceral larva migrans, caused by the dog roundworm Toxocara canis, only palliative therapy with systemic anti-inflammatory agents and corticosteroids may be helpful.
(5) There were no significant relationships between number of households per latrine at each community and the prevalence and intensity of infection by hookworms and prevalence of roundworms.
(6) A series of field trials involving some 2000 different animals was conducted to determine the response in liveweight from anthelmintic treatment for roundworms.
(7) School-age children were found to have the highest risk for both roundworm infections and multiple parasitic infections.
(8) Retrograde cholangiography was carried out in 4 small children with suspected roundworm infestation of the biliary tree.
(9) Nematoda (true roundworm) infections include ankylostomiasis, strongyloidiasis, gnathostomiasis, gongylonemiasis, trichinosis, dracunculosis, loaiasis, filariasis, dirofilariasis, and onchocerciasis.
(10) 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.
(11) In order to help validate the free-living roundworm, C.e., as a simple model to study the mechanism of general anesthesia, we demonstrated that homologous series of alcohols and alkanes produced a reversible "anesthetic" effect in these worms as in other animals.
(12) Diarrhea, roundworm infestation and measles were not positively correlated with xerophthalmia but whooping cough and tuberculosis were.
(13) Emphasis is placed on the commoner filarial and mermithid nematodes, but several other unusual and rare roundworm parasites are also discussed.
(14) 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.
(15) 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.
(16) Following infection of mice with larvae of the canine roundworm Toxocara canis, there is a persistent pneumonitis.
(17) Vomiting of roundworms during biliary colic occurred in 19 patients (48%) and often led to confirmation of biliary ascariasis by direct visualization of the biliary tree.
(18) In the first patient, cholecystectomy was curative and corroborated the presence of the roundworm.
(19) A case of migration of a gravid female roundworm into the peritoneal cavity is reported.
(20) Analysis of results focused on 3 questions related to prevention: practitioner's frequency of client education regarding zoonotic potential of roundworms and hookworms, pup age at which veterinarian recommends first anthelmintic treatments, and proportion of veterinarians recommending prophylactic drug administration for pups and nursing bitches.
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.