Treatment of Host - Vermox or Pyrantyl Pamoate are the drugs of choice. Treating all members of a family should be considered when control by drugs is undertaken. Eggs and worms adhere to the sticky surface of the swab when it is applied to the perianal region. The rates of infection are lower in tropical areas. Worldwide it is estimated that 500 million people are infected.
All pinworms have a conspicuous muscular bulb on the posterior end of the esophagus.
Both sexes of E. vermicularis have three lips surrounding the mouth, followed by a cuticular inflation of the head. Males have a single spicule which is 100 to 141 um long. Males are 1 to 4 mm long and have the posterior ends strongly curved ventrad. The conspicuous caudal alae are supported by papillae. Females measure 8 to 13 mm long and have the posterior end extended into a long, slender point.