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Acute Abdomen due to Small Bowel Obstruction by Ascaris Lumbricoides in an 18‐Year‐Old Male: A Case Report and Review of the Literature [PDF]

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 13, Issue 5, May 2025.
ABSTRACT Intestinal obstruction caused by Ascaris lumbricoides (AL) is rare but clinically significant, particularly in endemic regions. We report an 18‐year‐old Afghan male who presented with a two‐month history of intermittent right lower quadrant pain, worsening over the past week with anorexia, constipation, nausea, and fatigue.
Seyed Abbas Fatemiyoun, Farzad Rafiei, Seyed Shahab Adin Sheikhalishahi   +2 more
wiley   +2 more sources

High anti-Ascaris seroprevalence in fattening pigs in Sichuan, China, calls for improved management strategies

Parasites & Vectors, 2020
Background Ascariasis, caused by Ascaris suum, is an important soil-transmitted parasitic disease of pigs worldwide. It leads to significant economic losses in the pork industry, as a consequence of low feed conversion efficiency in pigs and liver ...
Youle Zheng, Yue Xie, Peter Geldhof, Johnny Vlaminck, Guangxu Ma, Robin B. Gasser, Tao Wang   +6 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Helminthiasis in school-age children from Gresik, East Java, Indonesia [PDF]

Helminthologia
This study aims to investigate the soil-transmitted helminth infection among school-age children in Gresik, East Java, Indonesia. An analytical observational study with a cross-sectional design was conducted from July to November 2023 in selected ...
Utomo B., Fatmaningrum W., Sulistiawati, Fauziyah S., Sucipto T. H., Adnyana I M. D. M., Eljatin D. S., Fadhilah N., Novitasari A. E., Al-Talib H.   +9 more
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Hybrid and/or mixed infection by pig and human Ascaris in a Guarani indigenous village in southern Brazil. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
BackgroundAscaris lumbricoides and Ascaris suum are nematode parasites that infect millions of people and pigs worldwide, respectively. Reports of cross-infection and hybridization between the two species has stimulated molecular epidemiological studies ...
Veridiana Lenartovicz Boeira, Renata Coltro Bezagio, Marina Silva de Carvalho, Rinaldo Ferreira Gandra, Ana Paula de Abreu, Cristiano Lara Massara, Cristiane Maria Colli, Max Jean de Ornelas Toledo   +7 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Prevalence and intensity of Ascaris lumbricoides infections in relation to undernutrition among children in a tea plantation community, Sri Lanka: a cross-sectional study

BMC Pediatrics, 2018
Background Ascaris lumbricoides infections are one of the commonnest intestinal nematode infections in the world, with a profound negative effect on nutritional status among underprivileged populations.
Lahiru Sandaruwan Galgamuwa, Devika Iddawela, Samath D. Dharmaratne   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Ascaris lumbricoides: prevalence and associated factors among pre-school children in Rukiga district, Uganda: a cross-sectional study [PDF]

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background Ascaris lumbricoides infestation remains a public health problem worldwide. It mainly affects children resulting into undernutrition, impaired growth and physical development, intestinal obstruction and death.
Martine Kasiita, Stephen Businge, Agnes Napyo, James K. Tumwine   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

THE LIFE-HISTORY OF ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES [PDF]

BMJ, 1916
I. In the following three experiments it will be shown that ripe eggs of Ascaris suilla can hatch in the intestine of the pig, that the larvae issuing from these eggs enter the body of the pig and pursue the same course through the body as in the rat and mouse.
FHC Stewart
openaire   +8 more sources

The first report on the prevalence of soil-transmitted helminth infections and associated risk factors among traditional pig farmers in Bali Province, Indonesia [PDF]

Veterinary World, 2022
Background and Aim: Pigs are the main livestock commodity in Bali Province, Indonesia, where traditional farming practices are widely used. Traditional pig farmers are often closely associated with poverty and a perceived lack of knowledge regarding ...
Kadek Karang Agustina, I. Made Ady Wirawan, I. Made Sudarmaja , Made Subrata, Nyoman Sadra Dharmawan   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Programmed DNA elimination in the parasitic nematode Ascaris

PLoS Pathogens, 2023
In most organisms, the whole genome is maintained throughout the life span. However, exceptions occur in some species where the genome is reduced during development through a process known as programmed DNA elimination (PDE).
Brandon Estrem, Jianbin Wang
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Global prevalence of Ascaris infection in humans (2010–2021): a systematic review and meta-analysis

Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2022
Background Ascariasis is one of the most important neglected tropical diseases of humans worldwide. The epidemiology of Ascaris infection appears to have changed with improvements in sanitation and mass drug administration, but there is no recent ...
C. Holland, M. Sepidarkish, G. Deslyper, Alireza Abdollahi, S. Valizadeh, A. Mollalo, Sanaz Mahjour, Sahar Ghodsian, A. Ardekani, Hamed Behniafar, R. Gasser, A. Rostami   +11 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source