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Helminthes are a type of multicellular invertebrate, which move in peristalsis via muscular contractions. Most of the helminthes live in nature but a small number of them parasitize in or on the surface of animals or plants. In the history of taxonomic zoology, helminthes were believed to be a special and independent group. But with the development of taxonomy, helminthes related to human body were found to be categorized into multiple phyla of invertebrata, including the phylum of Platyhelminthes, the phylum of Annelida, and the phylum of Acanthocephales. Therefore, helminthes, as scientific term, has no taxonomic significance but just a conventional use.

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    Yulin Guo

  2. Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, Shanghai, China

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  3. The Second Affiliated Hospital, Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China

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  4. Affiliated First Hospital, Xinjiang Medical University, Urumuqi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China

    Wenya Liu

  5. Ruijin Hospital, Affiliated to School of Medicine, Shanghai JiaoTong University, Shanghai, China

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Guo, Y., Xiao, Y., Wang, H., Liu, W., Tang, Y. (2017). Helminthiasis. In: LI, H. (eds) Radiology of Parasitic Diseases. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-0911-6_8

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