Soil-transmitted helminth
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soil-transmitted-helminth-210-1147787
title:
Soil-transmitted helminth
text:
The soil-transmitted helminths are a group of intestinal parasites belonging to the phylum Nematoda that are transmitted primarily through contaminated soil. They are so called because they have a direct life cycle which requires no intermediate hosts or vectors, and the parasitic infection occurs through faecal contamination of soil, foodstuffs and water supplies. The adult forms are essentially parasites of humans, causing soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH), but also infect domesticated mamm
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Group of intestinal parasites that are transmitted through contaminated soil
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil-transmitted_helminth
date created:
2006-02-21T03:36:14Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T16:44:06Z
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