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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 disease ascariasis.
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 ]
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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]
Ascaris trichiura Linnaeus, 1771 Trichuris trichiura , Trichocephalus trichiuris or whipworm , is a parasitic roundworm (a type of helminth ) that causes trichuriasis (a type of helminthiasis which is one of the neglected tropical diseases ) when it infects a human large intestine .
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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Ascaridia galli is a parasitic roundworm belonging to the phylum Nematoda.Nematodes of the genus Ascaridia are essentially intestinal parasites of birds. [1] A. galli is the most prevalent and pathogenic species, especially in domestic fowl, Gallus domesticus.