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Ascariasis in the Tropics

Acta Paediatrica, 1954
SummaryAscaris is one of the most prevalent and dangerous diseases of children of all underdeveloped countries. This is due to poverty, ignorance, low standards of sanitation and hygiene, especially the pollution of the soil by younger children. The problem is not only medical but socio‐economic as well.
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Biliary Ascariasis

Southern Medical Journal, 1984
We have described a case of biliary ascariasis with the uncommon complication of pancreatitis. Ideally, the diagnosis is made preoperatively by cholangiography. If conservative therapy fails, surgery is recommended. Proper therapy includes complete clearance of worms from the hepatobiliary tract and the intestine.
D V, Capallo, R D, Gongaware
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Ascariasis as a model to study the helminth/allergy relationships

Parasite immunology (Print), 2018
Ascariasis is the most frequent soil transmitted helminthiasis and, as well as other helminth infections, is expected to influence the clinical presentation of allergic diseases such as asthma.
L. Caraballo, N. Acevedo, J. Zakzuk
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Anti-Ascaris suum immunoglobulin Y as a novel biotechnological tool for the diagnosis of human ascariasis.

Journal of Helminthology, 2019
Human ascariasis is a neglected tropical disease of great relevance to public health and is considered the most frequent helminthiasis in poor regions.
Camila de Carvalho Almança Lopes   +8 more
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Ascariasis of the Kidney

Pediatric Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, 1995
The very rare occurrence of ascariasis of the kidney is reported in a 6-year-old boy from Cape Town, South Africa. He was acutely ill with pyonephrosis and passed adult Ascaris lumbricoides per urethra before having a nephrectomy. There was no evidence of a fistula between the intestines and the urinary system, and as the development of larvae into ...
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Desensitization in ascariasis

Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine, 1961
B1-hypervitaminosis reduces allergic reactivity to ascarid antigen in guinea pigs and rabbits infected withAscaris lumbricoides ova. The course of anaphylactic shock in animals with B1 hypervitaminosis is milder, and the size of the skin edema, appearing in response to subcutaneous administration of ascarid antigen, is reduced.
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The prevalence of Ascariasis

Parasitology Today, 1988
The common roundworm, Ascaris lumbricoides, is probably the most prevalent human intestinal helminth. Previous estimates of world prevalence range from around 650 million to 1000 million. By a detailed literature search, David Crompton now confirms the upper figure - estimating a world prevalence of 1008 million representing about 22% of the world ...
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Ascaris and ascariasis

2001
In recent years much new information has been obtained about the epidemiology, population biology and public health significance of infections of Ascaris lumbricoides in humans. Results from experimental infections of A. suum in pigs have helped to elucidate the observations made in the community on human ascariasis.
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Biliary Ascariasis

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, 1988
We report biliary lithiasis secondary to infestation with Ascaris lumbricoides in a young man. We review the pathogenesis and clinical features of this condition and discuss the differential diagnosis.
V G, Bain   +4 more
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Pharmacotherapy of ascariasis

Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy, 2001
Ascaris lumbricoides, the most frequent human intestinal nematode, is the causative agent of ascariasis, with an estimated worldwide prevalence of over one billion people, especially in moist tropical and subtropical regions, but also in cooler climates.
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