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Ascaris is a nematode genus of parasitic worms known as the "small intestinal roundworms". [1] One species, Ascaris lumbricoides, affects humans and causes the ...
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 Ascaris lumbricoides worldwide. [2] People living in tropical and subtropical countries are at greater risk of infection.
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.
Ascaris suum, also known as the large roundworm of pig, is a parasitic nematode that causes ascariasis in pigs.While roundworms in pigs and humans are today considered as two species (A. suum and A. lumbricoides) with different hosts, cross-infection between humans and pigs is possible; some researchers have thus argued they are the same species. [1]
Ascariasis; High number of ascaris worms – visible as black tangled mass – are filling the duodenum, the first portion of the bowel after the stomach, of this South African patient (X-ray image with barium as contrast medium).
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The uterine cycle [20] occurs parallel to the ovarian cycle and is induced by estrogen and progesterone. The endometrium , formed by a monostratified cylindrical epithelium, with uterine glands (simple tubular), connective with a functional superficial layer (divided into a spongy layer, a compact layer, and a deeper basal layer, which is ...
A new mother gets extreme abdominal pains, low blood pressure, and septic shock from a group A streptococcus infection that leads to the removal of her colon, uterus, and ovaries, and she develops Purpura fulminans, which requires amputation of all her limbs; an eight-year-old boy gets a small, raised, oozing scratch on his head, swollen lymph ...