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What is another name for Trichuris trichiura?

pinworm
whipworm
hookworm
ascariasis

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Answer:

The correct answer is the second option whipworm.

Explanation:

Trichuris trichiura is a parasitic helminth or ringworm that causes trichuriasis, a tropical illness when it infects large intestine of human as host. This helminth or ringworm is also known as whipworm because of appearance or structure like a whip.

Trichuriasis is a disease spread through human feces and it is very rare in human unlike dogs and cats but fortunately, that is not a threat for the humans.

Thus, the correct answer is the second option whipworm.

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