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An estimated 807 million–1.2 billion people are infected with Ascariasis. lumbricoides worldwide. [2] People living in tropical and subtropical countries are at greater risk of infection. Infection by Ascaris lumbricoides is known as ascariasis. [3] It has been proposed that Ascaris lumbricoides and Ascaris suum (pig roundworm) are the same ...
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]
Female Ascaris lumbricoides. Ascariasis of STH is caused by the large roundworm A. lumbricoides. It is estimated to be the most widespread STH, affecting approximately 1 billion people. The victims constitute about half of the populations in tropical and subtropical areas. Most conditions are mild and often show little or no symptoms. Heavy ...
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 ...
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]
Internal anatomy of a male C. elegans nematode Cross-section of female Ascaris. The large circles filled with small green circles are the uterus and eggs. The long narrow feature is the digestive tract. The smaller red and orange circles are the ovaries and oviducts.
Main article: Human parasite Endoparasites Protozoan organisms Common name of organism or disease Latin name (sorted) Body parts affected Diagnostic specimen Prevalence Source/Transmission (Reservoir/Vector) Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis and Acanthamoeba keratitis (eye infection) Acanthamoeba spp. eye, brain, skin culture worldwide contact lenses cleaned with contaminated tap water ...
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.