According to research conducted by Hayes et al ., " T . muris " relies on direct contact with intestinal bacteria in order to promote hatching of the embryonated eggs.
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Worms reached sexual maturity at about 8 weeks, and were found mostly in the esophagus of the rabbit . 72 81 days post primary infection, embryonated eggs appeared in the feces of the rabbits.
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While the complete life cycle is still not fully known, transmission is thought to be oral-fecal, where infection comes from ingesting contaminated food or water containing embryonated eggs, hatched larvae, or intermediate hosts.
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Thus far, no reinfection mechanism for " M . laryngeus " has been posited, so all adult worms found inside a human must be the result of ingested embryonated eggs, larvae, or adult worms.
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Burgess ( 1995 ) states : " We have . . . come to reserve the term " nit " for the hatched and empty egg shell and refer to the developing embryonated egg as an " egg " ".
