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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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    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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  • Capillaria philippinensis is a parasitic nematode which causes intestinal capillariasis. This sometimes fatal disease was first discovered in Northern...
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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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    (/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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    albendazole is sufficient to treat intestinal infestations by A. duodenale or Necator americanus. Intestinal capillariasis, as an alternative to mebendazole...
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    Adenophorea Trichinella spiralis Trichinosis Trichuris trichiura (Trichuriasis / Whipworm) Capillaria philippinensis Intestinal capillariasis C. hepatica...
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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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    through fomites and hatch in the human small intestine, exploiting the intestinal microflora as a stimulus to hatching. This is the location of growth and...
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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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    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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    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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  • Adenophorea Trichinella spiralis Trichinosis Trichuris trichiura (Trichuriasis / Whipworm) Capillaria philippinensis Intestinal capillariasis C. hepatica...
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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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    are colloquially called "Ascarids". This is a host-specific helminth intestinal parasite that can infect horses, donkeys, and zebras. Horses up to six...
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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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    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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    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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    Adenophorea Trichinella spiralis Trichinosis Trichuris trichiura (Trichuriasis / Whipworm) Capillaria philippinensis Intestinal capillariasis C. hepatica...
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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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    surround the rostellum. These are the organs of adhesive attachment to the intestinal wall of the host. The rostellum is armed with two rows of proteinaceous...
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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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    The pinworms can also enter the urethra, and presumably, they carry intestinal bacteria with them. According to Gutierrez (2000), a statistically significant...
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  • the parasitic nematode Capillaria philippinensis, which causes intestinal capillariasis in humans. Velasquez discovered 32 new species and a genus of digenetic...
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    Adenophorea Trichinella spiralis Trichinosis Trichuris trichiura (Trichuriasis / Whipworm) Capillaria philippinensis Intestinal capillariasis C. hepatica...
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    the symptoms of dicroceliosis are similar to those of other gastro-, intestinal-, and lung-nematode infections. The diagnosis of D. dendriticum flukes...
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