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TRICHOSTRONGYLUS
A genus of nematodes parasitic in the digestivetract of herbivorous animals. They occur only as incidental infections in humans. The nextspecies have been reported in man: trichostrongylus colubriformis, t. Orientalia, t. Axei, and t. Probolurus.