At the university of wisconsin , madison , dr. john fleming , a neurologist , is testing whether the pig whipworm can temper the effects of multiple sclerosis .

在麦迪逊市的威斯康星大学神经病学家约翰弗莱明博士（johnfleming）目前正在测试猪体鞭虫是否可以缓和多发性硬化症的病情。

Dr. elliott said that in argentina , researchers found that patients with multiple sclerosis who were infected with the human whipworm had milder cases and fewer flare-ups of their disease over a period of four and a half years .

艾略特博士说，在阿根廷科学家们发现，感染了人体鞭虫的多发性硬化患者病情较轻，在4年半的时期内突发病症也较少。

With river blindness , black flies spread larvae that when grown destroy eye tissue ; mosquitoes do the same for the worms that block the lymphatic system in elephantiasis ; hookworm , roundworm and whipworm are soil-born .

河盲症，是由黑蝇产卵传播，而卵生长时破坏眼部组织的疾病；蚊子以同样的方法传播蠕虫，这些蠕虫会堵塞淋巴系统从而导致产生象皮病；十二指肠虫，蛔虫以及鞭虫都来通过土壤传染。