Enterobius vermicularis, commonly known as the pinworm, is a helminth infection that predominantly affects children worldwide. The parasite is highly contagious and is most frequently transmitted in ...

Pinworm infection remains prévalent in children in many parts of the world. This study was designed to determine the prevalence of this infection in schoolchildren in Taiwan after the termination of ...

A 9-year-old Canadian boy presented to the emergency department with a 4-day history of sudden, unremitting pain in the right iliac fossa. His medical history was otherwise unremarkable, and he had ...

A 32-year-old woman presented with anal pruritus and bleeding. Colonoscopy revealed infection with Enterobius vermicularis (shown in a video).

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A 55-year-old man presented with intermittent, crampy pain in the right lower quadrant of the abdomen. The pain had started two days after his return from a two-week trip to Hungary. He reported no ...