What roundworm is transmitted by filariform larvae that are found in the soil and penetrate the skin?

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Strongyloides stercoralis is a type of hookworm (also a roundworm). The filariform larvae of S. stercoralis are acquired when walking barefoot or sitting on the ground. Dracunculus medinensis (the guinea worm) is acquired by drinking water with copepods containing the larvae. Filtration of all drinking water through clean sari silk or T-shirt material has reduced the incidence of new cases dramatically and may allow its eradication. (For those Answers and Explanations204 BRS Microbiology and Immunology who are infected with D. medinensis, adults in subcutaneous nodules are slowly removed by rolling them out on a pencil.) Toxocara canis and Toxocara cati are acquired most commonly by pica, the ingestion of inert material; in this case, dirt or sand with animal feces. Taenia saginata is a flatworm. Enterobius (pinworm) eggs are ingested.

What Roundworm Is Transmitted by Filariform Larvae That Are Found