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Enterobius vermicularis (Linnaeus 1758)

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Enterobius vermicularis, coomonly known as pinworm, in the etiologic agent of the the most pervalent nematode infection of humans in temperate climates, affecting mainly children less than 12 years of age. Transmission of enterobiasis is especially frequent in elementary shools and day-care centers. 1 It has no host other than humans.

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  1. College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, 10032, USA

    Dickson D. Despommier Ph.D. (Professor of Public Health (Parasitology) and Microbiology)

  2. Laboratory of Malaria Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA

    Robert W. Gwadz Ph.D. (Captain, US Public Health Service, Assistant Chief)

  3. Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA

    Peter J. Hotez M.D., Ph.D. (Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases), Epidemiology, and Public Health)

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Despommier, D.D., Gwadz, R.W., Hotez, P.J. (1995). Enterobius vermicularis (Linnaeus 1758). In: Parasitic Diseases. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2476-1_1

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