Human Body

The pinworm (a.k.. seatworm, threadworm) lives mainly in the cecum of the large intestine. A female worm migrates at night onto the perineum where she will lay up to 15,000 eggs. Eggs on the host's perineum can spread to other people and can infect everyone in the house.

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