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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Acad Dermatol. 2014 Jun;70(6):1130–1134. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2013.11.036

Figure 4.

Figure 4

Strongyloides stercoralis. Life cycle of the nematode (roundworm) from Centers for Disease Control & Prevention website (http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/Strongyloidiasis.htm , accessed 10/18/2013) .3 Autoinfection can occur if the rhabditiform larvae in the large intesting become filariform larvae and penetrate the intestinal mucosa or perianal skin, and then follow the normal infective cycle.