ENTEROBIASIS VERMICULARIS AND ITS MAGNITUDE IN EGYPT | ||
Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology | ||
Volume 52, Issue 3, December 2022, Pages 425-430 PDF (683.02 K) | ||
Document Type: Original Article | ||
DOI: 10.21608/jesp.2022.278067 | ||
Author | ||
marwa esmat mohamed | ||
Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, MISR University for Science and Technology, 6 October City, Giza, Egypt | ||
Abstract | ||
Enterobius vermicularis (pinworm) is one of the most common nematode infections worldwide. Enterobiasis occurs in both temperate and tropical climates; it is the most common helminthic infection, and man is the only host particularly school and pre-school aged children of both sexes. Occasionally a superficial bacterial infection can occur at the scratching sites of intense perianal pruritus and genitourinary infections like vulvovaginitis, urinary tract infection in young girls | ||
Keywords | ||
Enterobiasis; Evolution; pathogenicity; diagnosis; treatment; Mini-review | ||
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