Which of the following endoparasites of humans does show viviparity?

58 2015 AIPMT-I Animal KingdomPhylum Aschelminthes Medium
Which of the following endoparasites of humans does show viviparity?
A Ancylostoma duodenale
B Enterobius vermicularis
C Trichinella spiralis
D Ascaris lumbricoides

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In Trichinella spiralis the eggs hatch inside the uterus of the female, which lays living larvae in the small intestine of the host — it is viviparous.

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