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The whipworm is found primarily in warm and humid regions with poor sanitation and hygiene, and it is transmitted through the ingestion of soil contaminated with the eggs of the parasite. Symptoms include abdominal pain, diarrhea, weight loss, anemia, and rectal prolapse.
Trichuris trichiura, Trichocephalus trichiuris or whipworm, is a parasitic roundworm (a type of helminth) that causes trichuriasis (a type of helminthiasis which is one of the neglected tropical diseases) when it infects a human large intestine.
14 Αυγ 2023 · Trichuris trichiura, also known as the human whipworm, is a roundworm that causes trichuriasis in humans. It is referred to as the whipworm because it looks like a whip with wide handles at the posterior end. The whipworm has a narrow anterior esophagus and a thick posterior anus.
The nematode (roundworm) Trichuris trichiura, also called the human whipworm. Life Cycle. The unembryonated eggs are passed with the stool . In the soil, the eggs develop into a 2-cell stage , an advanced cleavage stage , and then they embryonate ; eggs become infective in 15 to 30 days.
Along with hookworm and Ascaris, whipworm constitutes soil-transmitted helminths (STH) and contributes to the major disease burden worldwide. The organism is spread via the fecal-oral...
18 Αυγ 2023 · The whipworm derives its name from its characteristic whiplike shape; the adult (male, 30-45 mm; female, 35-50 mm) buries its thin, threadlike anterior half into the intestinal mucosa and feeds...
Whipworm gets its name from its shape - has a skinny end (anterior, inserts into colonic mucosa) and a thicker end (contains eggs in female)
