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How Parasites Sniff Us Out | Orbitals 206 Orbitals
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The parasitic roundworm Strongyloides stercoralis crawls through contaminated soil in search of one thing – human flesh. Often no more than a millimeter in size, it’s currently estimated to be hanging out in the intestines of over 300 million people worldwide.
How it finds us has a lot to do with the chemicals we’re giving off.
The parasitic roundworm Strongyloides stercoralis crawls through contaminated soil in search of one thing – human flesh. Often no more than a millimeter in size, it’s currently estimated to be hanging out in the intestines of over 300 million people worldwide.
How it finds us has a lot to do with the chemicals we’re giving off.
12 min