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A Worm Can Be Monkey Business

A Worm Can Be Monkey Business EDITORIAL UMANS SHARE planet Earth with count- rofilariasis have involved the ocular tissues of humans less living organisms, many of which sufficiently often to warrant inclusion in textbooks. affect human health. As every ophthal- In addition to the members of Nematoda, other hel- mologist will recall from undergradu- minths are of ocular importance to humans. The phy- H ate courses in biology, the taxonomy of lum Platyhelminthes includes several trematodes and these living creatures classifies related organisms into cestodes (Schistosoma haematobium, Spirometra manso- categories. In descending order, these are as follows: king- noides [spargonosis], Taenia solium [cysticercosis], Mul- dom, phylum, class, subclass, superorder, order, subor- ticeps multiceps, and Echinococcus granulosus [hydatid der, superfamily, family, genus, and species. The round- cyst]) that can infect the ocular tissues at some stage in worms are included in the phylum Nematoda, which is their life cycle. the largest and most widespread group of multicellular Fortunately, most parasitic worms are not endemic organisms. The evolution of numerous nematodes has in the Western world because of a missing vector in- resulted in complex life cycles in which the worm is para- volved in the life cycle or because the transmission and sitic to invertebrates and http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png JAMA Ophthalmology American Medical Association

A Worm Can Be Monkey Business

Klintworth, Gordon K.
JAMA Ophthalmology , Volume 120 (5) – May 1, 2002
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Copyright 2002 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. Applicable FARS/DFARS Restrictions Apply to Government Use.
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2168-6165
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Abstract

EDITORIAL UMANS SHARE planet Earth with count- rofilariasis have involved the ocular tissues of humans less living organisms, many of which sufficiently often to warrant inclusion in textbooks. affect human health. As every ophthal- In addition to the members of Nematoda, other hel- mologist will recall from undergradu- minths are of ocular importance to humans. The phy- H ate courses in biology, the taxonomy of lum Platyhelminthes includes several trematodes and these living creatures classifies related organisms into cestodes (Schistosoma haematobium, Spirometra manso- categories. In descending order, these are as follows: king- noides [spargonosis], Taenia solium [cysticercosis], Mul- dom, phylum, class, subclass, superorder, order, subor- ticeps multiceps, and Echinococcus granulosus [hydatid der, superfamily, family, genus, and species. The round- cyst]) that can infect the ocular tissues at some stage in worms are included in the phylum Nematoda, which is their life cycle. the largest and most widespread group of multicellular Fortunately, most parasitic worms are not endemic organisms. The evolution of numerous nematodes has in the Western world because of a missing vector in- resulted in complex life cycles in which the worm is para- volved in the life cycle or because the transmission and sitic to invertebrates and

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Published: May 1, 2002

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