The Guerrilla Worm

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Worms, sometimes called helminths, are unique among infectious agents — they do not, as a rule, multiply in the human body. Instead, they appear to follow the precepts of guerrilla warfare as outlined by Chairman Mao, repeatedly infiltrating host defenses as individuals or in small groups and gradually building up into large forces; warfare is usually by attrition and tends to be prolonged.1 Virtually all the major worm parasites of man are guerrillas: round worms, including the giant round worm, hookworm, pinworm, whipworm, trichinella and the filaria of elephantiasis fame; flat worms, including the intestinal, lung, liver and blood flukes; . . .
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