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any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae
screw thread on a gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or rack
a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect (同)louse, insect, dirt ball
a software program capable of reproducing itself that can spread from one computer to the next over a network; "worms take advantage of automatic file sending and receiving features found on many computers"
a contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite; characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation; "he has a bad case of the itch" (同)itch

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〈C〉(細長く柔らかい)『虫』(毛虫・うじ虫・ミミズ・回虫など) / 〈C〉(形・動きが)ミミズなどに似たもの,(いも虫状の)ねじのらせん / 〈C〉虫けらのような人間;哀れな(下劣な)人 / 《複数形で;単数扱い》寄生虫病 / (虫のように)体をくねらせて進む / …から寄生虫を駆除する
かいせん,ひぜん(ダニの寄生による伝染性皮膚病)

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Interactions among urogenital, intestinal, skin, and oral infections in pregnant and lactating Panamanian Ngäbe women: a neglected public health challenge.

González-Fernández D1, Koski KG1, Sinisterra OT1, Del Carmen Pons E1, Murillo E1, Scott ME2.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene.Am J Trop Med Hyg.2015 Jun;92(6):1100-10. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0547. Epub 2015 Mar 30.
Interrelationships among bacteria, protozoa, helminths, and ectoparasites were explored in a cross-sectional survey of 213 pregnant and 99 lactating indigenous women. Prevalences in pregnancy and lactation, respectively, were: vaginitis (89.2%; 46.8%), vaginal trichomoniasis (75.3%; 91.1%), bacteria
PMID 25825387

Bishop KL1, Hanchard B.
Pathology.Pathology.2014 Oct;46 Suppl 2:S35. doi: 10.1097/01.PAT.0000454204.29699.72.
Human lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) is endemic in Jamaica and is transmitted from mother to infant via breast milk. Thirty-two percent of those breastfed for ≥12 months show seroconversion but the majority remain asymptomatic. A small number of these seroconverted children will develop infect
PMID 25188146

Infections with cardiopulmonary and intestinal helminths and sarcoptic mange in red foxes from two different localities in Denmark.

Al-Sabi MN1, Halasa T, Kapel CM.
Acta parasitologica / Witold Stefański Institute of Parasitology, Warszawa, Poland.Acta Parasitol.2014 Mar;59(1):98-107. doi: 10.2478/s11686-014-0214-6. Epub 2014 Feb 26.
Monitoring parasitic infections in the red fox is essential for obtaining baseline knowledge on the spread of diseases of veterinary and medical importance. In this study, screening for cardiopulmonary and intestinal helminths and sarcoptic mange (Sarcoptes scabiei) was done on 118 foxes originating
PMID 24570055