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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
The '''pinworm''' (Genus '''''Enterobius''''') is a [[parasitic]] [[roundworm]] of the phylum [[Nematoda]]. | The '''pinworm''' (Genus '''''Enterobius''''') is a [[parasitic]] [[roundworm]] of the phylum [[Nematoda]]. '''Enterobiasis''' is the medical condition of being [[infection|infected]] with [[pinworm]]s (''[[Enterobius vermicularis]]''). It may be referred to, less precisely, as '''oxyuriasis''', in reference to the [[Family (biology)|family]] ''Oxyuridae'', which contains the [[genus]] Enterobiasis. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
The pinworm (Genus Enterobius) is a parasitic roundworm of the phylum Nematoda. Enterobiasis is the medical condition of being infected with pinworms (Enterobius vermicularis). It may be referred to, less precisely, as oxyuriasis, in reference to the family Oxyuridae, which contains the genus Enterobiasis.