Trichuris trichiuria

The medically important intestinal nematodes responsive to drug therapy include Enterobius vermic-ularis (pinworm), Trichuris trichiuria (whipworm), Ascaris lumbricoides (roundworm), ancy-clostoma and necator species (hookworms), and Strongyloides stercoralis (threadworm). Over one billion persons worldwide are estimated to be infected by intestinal nematodes. Pinworm infections... 

Trichuris trichiuria The nematode (roundworm) Trichuris trichiura, also called the human whipworm is the third most common roundworm of humans. Worldwide, with infections more frequent in areas with tropical weather and poor sanitation practices, and among children. It is estimated that 800 million people are infected worldwide. 

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