Strongyloides+stercoralis

__ ﻿Strongyloides stercoralis __

 * ==its common name is known as the threadworm.[[image:http://www.e-cleansing.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/S_stercoralis_adult_larva_BAM2.jpg width="178" height="200" align="left"]]==


 * the genus strongyloides contains 53 species.
 * reproduces both sexually and asexually.
 * distributon: New Zealand
 * Phylum: Nematoda. Class: Secernentea. Order: Rhabditida. Family: Strongyloididae. Genus: Strongyloides. Kingdom: Animalia.
 * named by Bavay in 1876.
 * the strongyloides stercoralis is a human parasitic roundworm causing the disesase of strongyloidiasis.
 * the strongyloides stercoralis is a veterbrate.
 * the strongyloides stercoralis is a prokaryote.
 * is infectious and penetrates the skin when there is contact with soil also.
 * female strongyloides live in the epithelium in your small intestines if diagnosed with the disease.
 * can cause respriatory and gastrointestinal symptoms.
 * males grow to be 0.9 mm in length while females can grow to be about 2 to 2.5 mm.
 * males are distinguished from the females by their spicules and gubernaculum.
 * symtoms of the disease include swelling, itching, larva currens, and mild hemorrhage where ever the skin has been penetrated by the strongyloides stercoralis.