| 21. | The gravid female pinworms migrate through the colon towards the rectum at a rate of 12 to 14 cm per hour.
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| 22. | They work by inhibiting the microtubule function in the pinworm adults, causing glycogen depletion, thereby effectively starving the parasite.
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| 23. | The prevalence of pinworms is not associated with gender, nor with any particular social class, race, or culture.
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| 24. | However, recent study has failed to show any association between " D . fragilis " infection and pinworm infection.
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| 25. | The estimations of the number of eggs in a gravid female pinworm range from about 11, 000 to 16, 000.
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| 26. | For most of Western history, the average child walked around with a bellyful of parasitic worms : pinworms, tapeworms, hookworms.
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| 27. | There's also a protection from disease aspect, as one naked person sitting where another sat can spread pinworms, for example.
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| 28. | -- Disrupt and confuse mating males of the tomato pinworm by using the female-produced sex hormone to lure the males into traps.
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| 29. | "Bt " also controls pinworm moths, which lay eggs on the lower surfaces of leaves, causing them to roll up.
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| 30. | As a result of this daily contact with soil, almost all youngsters were infected with intestinal parasites such as hookworms, pinworms or whipworms.
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