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  2. Nematode - Wikipedia

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    For example, in C. elegans aging negatively impacts DNA repair, ... Disability-adjusted life year for intestinal nematode infections per 100,000 in 2002.

  3. Soil-transmitted helminth - Wikipedia

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    The soil-transmitted helminths (also called geohelminths) are a group of intestinal parasites belonging to the phylum Nematoda that are transmitted primarily through contaminated soil. They are so called because they have a direct life cycle which requires no intermediate hosts or vectors , and the parasitic infection occurs through faecal ...

  4. Intestinal parasite infection - Wikipedia

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    Intestinal parasite prevention methods are not isolated to specific geographical areas; however, many of the research-based interventions have primarily taken place in underdeveloped countries and regions, where sanitation is a large concern for spreading disease.

  5. Parasitic worm - Wikipedia

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    Many of the worms referred to as helminths are intestinal parasites. An infection by a helminth is known as helminthiasis, helminth infection, or intestinal worm infection. There is a naming convention which applies to all helminths: the ending "-asis" (or in veterinary science: "-osis") is added at the end of the name of the worm to denote the ...

  6. List of parasites of humans - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. Helminthiasis - Wikipedia

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    Example clinical photo: Guinea worm infection (dracunculiasis), ... (YLD) for the 13-year time period from 1990 to 2013 for all intestinal/nematode infections, ...

  8. Nematode infection - Wikipedia

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    Nematode infection; Deaths due to intestinal nematode infections per million persons in 2012 ... A nematode infection is a type of helminthiasis caused by organisms ...

  9. Ascaris - Wikipedia

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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 . Another species, Ascaris suum , typically infects pigs .