A stool sample from a malnourished child in Bangladesh shows barrel-shaped eggs with bipolar mucoid plugs. The child has rectal prolapse. What is the ...

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A stool sample from a malnourished child in Bangladesh shows barrel-shaped eggs with bipolar mucoid plugs. The child has rectal prolapse. What is the causative organism?

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Trichuris trichiura

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Ascaris lumbricoides

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Ancylostoma duodenale

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Strongyloides stercoralis

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Enterobius vermicularis

uk-dtmh MCQ (SBA): Trichuriasis

A stool sample from a malnourished child in Bangladesh shows barrel-shaped eggs with bipolar mucoid plugs. The child has rectal prolapse. What is the causative organism?