American cockroach, harbours pinworms in their gut. In the present study, 88 host cockroaches were dissected and the number of adult females of each pinworm species was recorded from Barasat, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal. Three species of Oxyurid nematodes were found: (Hammerschmidt, Helminthologische Beiträge. Isis (oken), Leipz 5:351-358, 1838) (Leidy in Proc Acad Natl Sci Phila 5:100-102, 1850) and sp. (Leidy in Proc Nat Acad Sci Phila 4:30, 1849). At a time two nematode infections (double infection) were also found. and mixed infection being more common than and sp. infection. shown highest prevalence (40.90%) and abundance pattern (1.227). It was the dominant species in most cases. Lowest prevalence (7.95%) and abundance pattern (0.272) was found in sp. sp. has the highest mean density (3.428) followed by (3) and (2.368). Three species were never found in the same host. This study suggests that host sex had no noticeable impact on the occurrence of pinworms.
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