are pinworms contagious
How Pinworm Infections Spread. Pinworms infections are highly contagious. You become infected with pinworms by unintentionally ingesting pinworm eggs, which have been deposited onto a surface by an infected person. The cycle of infection begins with the ingestion of these microscopic eggs.inworms are tiny, narrow worms that are white and less than half an inch long. A pinworm infection, also known as enterobiasis or oxyuriasis, is the most common type of worm infection in humans in the United States. (CDC). Pinworm infections are easily spread.