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Ascaris lumbricoides is a large parasitic roundworm of the genus Ascaris. It is the most common parasitic worm in humans. [ 1 ] An estimated 807 million–1.2 billion people are infected with Ascariasis. lumbricoides worldwide. [ 2 ]
Ascariasis is a disease caused by the parasitic roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides. [1] Infections have no symptoms in more than 85% of cases, especially if the number of worms is small. [1] Symptoms increase with the number of worms present and may include shortness of breath and fever at the beginning of the disease. [1]
A. lumbricoides was originally called Lumbricus teres and was first described in detail by Edward Tyson in 1683. [8] The genus Ascaris was originally described as the genus for Ascaris lumbricoides by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. [9] The morphologically similar Ascaris suum was described from pigs by Johann August Ephraim Goeze in 1782. [9]
Hookworms attached to the intestinal mucosa Two pinworms Image showing life cycle inside and outside of the human body of one fairly typical and well described helminth: Ascaris lumbricoides. Helminths are a group of organisms which share a similar form but are not necessarily evolutionarily related. The term "helminth" is an artificial term.
Birth of modern helminthology. Detailed anatomy of the roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides) is described, first by English physician Edward Tyson (1683), and shortly afterward by the Italian Francesco Redi (1684). [3] Roundworm England, Italy 1799–1801: Crisis: Napoleon's soldiers almost certainly suffer from haematuria caused by schistosomiasis ...
Soil-transmitted helminthiasis is a collective name for the diseases caused by ascaris, whipworm and hookworms in humans. It includes species-specific diseases such as [citation needed] Ascariasis, which is caused by Ascaris lumbricoides; Hookworm diseases (ancylostomiasis and necatoriasis), which are caused by Necator americanus and ...
His second, the "Synopsis cui accedunt mantissima duplex et indices locupletissima" was the first work to detail the life cycle of important nematode parasites of humans, such as Ascaris lumbricoides. In 1810 he was appointed Professor of Anatomy and Physiology at the University of Berlin, a position he held until his death.
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