The correct answer is A, ingestion of infective eggs.  Trichuris trichiura is one of the geohelminths; infective eggs are most commonly found in soil and are ingested when dirty hands or other objects (fomites) are placed into the mouth.  The larval stage of this parasite develops in the crypts of the intestinal mucosa of humans.

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