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The Species of Enterobius Leach, in Primates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

T. W. M. Cameron
Affiliation:
Lecturer and Milner Research Fellow in the Department of Helminthology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Extract

The vast majority of the helminthic parasites of man are represented among those animals which are in close contact with man, either by the same species or at least, by closely related forms. A very noticeable exception is Enterobius vermicularis. Possibly owing to its special life-history, it has become highly specialised for its human host and to find its closest relations, it is necessary to examine the forms found in primates.

The object of this paper is accordingly to systematise our knowledge of the oxyurid worms found in this group.

As Enterobius vermicularis is the most important of these, it has been found desirable to briefly re-describe its anatomy, followed by that of the related species, in apes, in monkeys and other primates.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1929

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