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    Intestinal capillariasis is a disease in the group of helminthiasis diseases caused by the nematode Capillaria philippinensis. Symptoms in infested humans...
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  • Capillariasis is a disease caused by nematodes in the genus Capillaria. The two principal forms of the disease are: Intestinal capillariasis, caused by...
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  • Capillaria philippinensis is a parasitic nematode which causes intestinal capillariasis. This sometimes fatal disease was first discovered in Northern...
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    (link) CS1 maint: others (link) "About Parasites | CDC DPD". 2020-01-28. "Intestinal Protozoal Diseases: eMedicine Pediatrics: General Medicine". Retrieved...
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    mammalian gut.[citation needed] Anisakids pose a risk to human health through intestinal infection with worms from the eating of underprocessed fish and through...
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    seatworm, is a parasitic worm. It is a nematode (roundworm) and a common intestinal parasite or helminth, especially in humans. The medical condition associated...
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    Adenophorea Trichinella spiralis Trichinosis Trichuris trichiura (Trichuriasis / Whipworm) Capillaria philippinensis Intestinal capillariasis C. hepatica...
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    in temperate zones, and is one of the most common cestodes (a type of intestinal worm or helminth) infecting humans, especially children. As its name implies...
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    albendazole is sufficient to treat intestinal infestations by A. duodenale or Necator americanus. Intestinal capillariasis, as an alternative to mebendazole...
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    (/ˌfæsioʊˈlɒpsɪs, fəˌsaɪ-/) is a genus of trematodes. They are also known as giant intestinal flukes. Only one species is recognised: Fasciolopsis buski. It is a notable...
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    infiltrates with radiographic shadowing. The worms can occasionally cause intestinal blockage when large numbers get tangled into a bolus or they may migrate...
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    symptoms commonly include bloody sputum, cough, fever, abdominal discomfort, intestinal ulcer(s), as well as a less commonly missed passing of the quite long...
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    it attaches to the intestinal wall, and matures into an adult and begins reproduction. Adults live in the lumen of the intestinal wall, where they cause...
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    the deeper tissues of other animals (through to the lungs and then the intestinal tract), humans are incidental hosts and the larvae are only able to penetrate...
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    tapeworms which will reside in the small intestine. The adults attach to the intestinal mucosa by means of the two bilateral grooves (bothria) of their scolices...
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    Adenophorea Trichinella spiralis Trichinosis Trichuris trichiura (Trichuriasis / Whipworm) Capillaria philippinensis Intestinal capillariasis C. hepatica...
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    since around 1900. All 6,000 species of Cestoda are parasites, mainly intestinal; their definitive hosts are vertebrates, both terrestrial and marine,...
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    Adenophorea Trichinella spiralis Trichinosis Trichuris trichiura (Trichuriasis / Whipworm) Capillaria philippinensis Intestinal capillariasis C. hepatica...
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    in feces. When this happens, H. nana oncosphere larvae encyst in the intestinal wall and develop into cysticercoids and then adults. These infections...
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    blood vessels (mesenteric veins) near the human intestine. It causes intestinal schistosomiasis (similar to S. japonicum, S. mekongi, S. guineensis, and...
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    tapeworm belonging to the order Cyclophyllidea and genus Taenia. It is an intestinal parasite in humans causing taeniasis (a type of helminthiasis) and cysticercosis...
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    Adenophorea Trichinella spiralis Trichinosis Trichuris trichiura (Trichuriasis / Whipworm) Capillaria philippinensis Intestinal capillariasis C. hepatica...
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    then coughed up and swallowed into the gut, where they parasitise the intestinal mucosa of the duodenum and jejunum. In the small intestine, they molt...
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    adult female produces batches of live larvae, which bore through the intestinal wall, enters the blood (to feed on it) and lymphatic system, and are carried...
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    results from an infection by the trematode Fasciolopsis buski, the largest intestinal fluke of humans, growing up to 7.5 cm (3.0 in) long. Most infections are...
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    neurocysticercosis. In extreme cases of intestinal infestation, the mass and volume of the worms may cause the outer layers of the intestinal wall, such as the muscular...
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    Adenophorea Trichinella spiralis Trichinosis Trichuris trichiura (Trichuriasis / Whipworm) Capillaria philippinensis Intestinal capillariasis C. hepatica...
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    The larvae then migrate to the small intestine, and burrow into the intestinal mucosa, where they molt four times before becoming adults. Thirty to 34...
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    1960s, kilawin consumption of the gudgeon fish contributed to the intestinal capillariasis epidemic where there were 1,884 cases and 110 deaths. Dinakdakan –...
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    rectum. In intestinal schistosomiasis, eggs become lodged in the intestinal wall during their migration from the mesenteric venules to the intestinal lumen...
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