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What is a threadworm?

What is a threadworm? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A parasitic roundworm, Strongyloides stercoralis, which causes strongyloidiasis.
  2. (Britain, Australia) The pinworm.
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The threadworm, Enterobius vermicularis, is the commonest worm parasite of children in non-tropical areas such as northern Europe.
Common intestinal parasites include pinworm, whipworm, roundworm, hookworm, threadworm, and tapeworm.
One of their main parasites is a gut nematode, the caecal threadworm T. tenuis, which has a direct lifestyle with no alternative hosts within the same habitat.

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