Though pinworm infestation has been prevalent since the early years of laboratory animal medicine, the genomes of these parasites have not yet been sequenced. The authors used high-fidelity polymerase ...

A person infected with pinworm is often asymptomatic, but itching around the anal area is a common symptom. Symptoms often attributed to pinworm infection are as follows: Diagnosis of pinworm can be ...

Although current data on their prevalence are not available, pinworms (Syphacia muris, Syphacia obvelata and Aspiculuris tetraptera) are among the parasites most commonly encountered in laboratory ...

Most parents know that moment of dread – your child is scratching furiously in the middle of the night, pulling at their pajamas, too groggy to explain what’s wrong, too uncomfortable to go back to ...