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threadworm

any of various nematodes, esp the pinworm
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Like headlice and threadworms, scabies is still very common.
'The best way to see if your child has threadworms is to wait until they are asleep, part their butt cheeks and peer in with a torch.
Clinical director of the Independent General Practice answers your medical queries Q I am mum to a three-year-old who has recently started attending a nursery at which one of her close friends has contracted threadworms. I am really worried she's caught the infection as she spends so much time with this friend.
How can I get rid of my threadworms? The medicine kills the worms themselves but not the eggs, which take around two weeks to hatch.
Biofilm is formed by heterotrophic bacteria, fungi, protozoas, threadworms and crustaceans, pathogenic bacteria and even viruses e.g.
in children especially, but also in adults, threadworms can cause an itchy bottom.
stercoralis threadworms in feces and because detection of Strongyloides antibodies was not possible.
S stercoralis, also called threadworms, is a nematode helminth parasite that causes strongyloidiasis.
During the next six months, health visitors advised the families on treatment for headlice, impetigo and threadworms. The children experienced frequent respiratory and gastrointestinal infections.
Of 1,000 mothers questioned, 48% said they were unsure of the symptoms of threadworms, and 49% said they would not be confident identifying impetigo.
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