Adult pinworms inhabit the cecum and other portions of the large and small intestines. Female worms crawl down the intestines and pass out of the anus to lay their eggs around the anal region at night. Occasionally, they can be found on the first stool in the morning. One female can depo...
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dotana/iStock/GettyImages What is a Roundworm Roundworms are also known as nematodes. They are parasites which infect mammals, including human beings. Roundworms reside in the intestinal tract and can reach lengths varying from 1 millimeter to 1 meter. Roundworms reside as eggs or larvae in d...
showing whipworm L1 larvaeainvading mucus layers andbwithin the cytoplasm of host cells. Blue lines show the cellular membranes of the host cells.cComplete z-stack projection and selected and cropped volume of confocal IF images of syncytial tunnels (white arrowheads) in caecaloids infected with ...