It is commonly known as the " whipworm " which refers to the shape of the worm; it looks like a whip with wider " handles " at the posterior end.
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Dr . Andrew Jones, an environmental archeologist at the Archaeological Resource Centre in York, England, identified the eggs of a parasitic whipworm in a small sample from the man's colon.
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Roughly 2 billion people, or one-third of the world's population, carry worms such as water-borne schistosomiasis or soil-transmitted infections that include hookworm, roundworm, and whipworm.
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And in the spring, University of Iowa researchers reported early evidence that drinking whipworm eggs, which causes a temporary, harmless infection, might soothe inflammatory bowel disease by diverting the overactive immune reaction that causes it.
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Also a mushroom was found in the personal effects of " �tzi the Iceman ", whose body was frozen in the �tztal Alps for more than 5, 000 years, which was probably used to treat whipworm.
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"Trichuris campanula " can be found in cats throughout the United States, having a whip like shape, living in the large intestine and cecum of cats . " T . campanula " is closely related to " T . vulpis " which is a dog whipworm.
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Analysis of preserved fecal matter found on cloth covers wrapped around the ends of sticks revealed the remains of roundworm ( Ascaris lumbricoides ), whipworm ( Trichuris trichiura ), tapeworm ( Taenia solium ), and Chinese liver fluke ( Clonorchis sinensis ) ( Yeh et al . 2016; Bower 2016; Newitz 2016 ).
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In Europe it is mostly represented by " Trichuris campanula ", and in North America it is more often " Trichuris serrata " more often . [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Whipworm eggs found in cats in North America must be differentiated from lungworms, and from mouse whipworm eggs that are just passing through.
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In Europe it is mostly represented by " Trichuris campanula ", and in North America it is more often " Trichuris serrata " more often . [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Whipworm eggs found in cats in North America must be differentiated from lungworms, and from mouse whipworm eggs that are just passing through.
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The "'human whipworm "'( " "'Trichuris trichiura "'or "'Trichocephalus trichiuris " "') is a round worm ( 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.
