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[[Image:Evermicularis.jpg|thumb|center|500px|Pinworms (''Enterobius vermicularis'').]]
[[Image:Evermicularis.jpg|thumb|center|500px|Pinworms (''Enterobius vermicularis'').]]
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Image: Pinworm04.jpeg| This image reveals some of the cytoarchitectural features seen in a lymph node specimen that had been extracted from a patient suspected of a Hantavirus illness. <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL>
Image: Pinworm03.jpeg| Photomicrograph reveals some of the ultrastructural details of an Enterobius vermicularis egg, otherwise known as the human pinworm. <SMALL><SMALL>''[http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp From Public Health Image Library (PHIL).] ''<ref name=PHIL> {{Cite web | title = Public Health Image Library (PHIL) | url = http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp}}</ref></SMALL></SMALL>
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==References==
==References==

Revision as of 17:44, 10 June 2015

Template:PinwormEditor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

The human pinworm Enterobius vermicularis and the more recently discovered Enterobius gregorii causes enterobiasis.

Causes

The nematode (roundworm) Enterobius vermicularis (previously Oxyuris vermicularis) also called human pinworm. (Adult females: 8 to 13 mm, adult male: 2 to 5 mm. ) Humans are considered to be the only hosts of E. vermicularis. A second species, Enterobius gregorii, has been described and reported from Europe, Africa, and Asia.

Left: Adult male of E. vermicularis from a formalin-ethyl acetate (FEA) concentrated stool smear. The worm measured 1.4 mm in length. Image courtesy of Centre for Tropical Medicine and Imported Infectious Diseases. Right: Image of the eggs of the human parasite Enterobius vermicularis, or "human pinworm, " captured on cellulose tape under significant magnification.
Pinworms (Enterobius vermicularis).

Gallery

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Public Health Image Library (PHIL)".

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