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LIFE CYCLE
The adults live in the host's large intestine with their
anterior ends embedded in the cells that line the
intestine; each female can produce in excess of 10,000
eggs each day, and the worms can live several
years. The eggs are passed in the host's feces, and
they become infective in about three weeks.
When an infective egg is eaten by the
appropriate host it hatches in the small intestine,
and the worm migrates to the large intestine
where it reaches sexual maturity. Most infections
of whipworms are probably
asymptomatic. However, because the worms
live a long time and a person can be reinfected
constantly, heavy worm burdens can develop.
Trichuris trichiura adults.
Trichinella spiralis in tissue
Trichuris vulpis egg. Trichuris trichiura in the
large intestine.
The posterior end of a male Trichuris sp.,
with an everted spicule