The nematode which resides in the caecum & appendix is?: (A) Ascaris lumbricoides, (B) Mansonella ozzardi, (C) Enterobius vermicularis, (D) All of these
Answer is C. Enterobius vermicularis REF: Jawetz, Melnick, & Adelberg's Medical Microbiology, 24T" edition chapter 46 Table 46-4 See APPENDIX-74 for "DISEASES DUE TO HELMINTHS" Nematodes which live in Cecum-appendix: Trichuris trichura (whipworm) Enterobius vermicularis (pinworm)