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Content: ..... Click the link for more information. ; Ascaris, an intestinal parasite of humans, horses, and pigs; the pinworm pinworm,
roundworm, Enterobius vermicularis, worldwide in distribution and the most common source of worm infestation of humans in the United States. Children are more commonly infested than adults. ..... Click the link for more information. , a parasite common in children; the Guinea worm, Dracunculus medinensis, which is ingested as a larva in water and slowly emerges when full grown (up to 3 ft/91 cm) through a painful sore in the skin, but as a result of an eradication program is now found only in Chad, Ethiopia, and South Sudan; and various other species that are agricultural pests. Like the nematodes, the hairworms, or horsehair worms, are unsegmented, but they are grouped separately in the phylum Nematomorpha. The larvae are parasitic, first in the bodies of aquatic insects and then within grasshoppers or beetles.