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Maternal Geohelminth Infections Are Associated with an Increased Susceptibility to Geohelminth Infection in Children: A Case-Control Study [PDF]
, 2012 Background: Children of mothers infected with soil-transmitted helminths (STH) may have an increased susceptibility to STH infection. Methods and Findings: We did a case-control study nested in a birth cohort in Ecuador.
Alejandro Rodriguez +9 more
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Intestinal Ascaris lumbricoides [PDF]
Pediatric Radiology, 2009 A 12-year-old boy from Pakistan presented with abdominal pain. A US showed a long, curvilinear, peristaltic structure located within the distal small bowel. Longitudinal scans of the structure demonstrated two parallel outer echogenic lines (arrows) separated by a hypoechoic region (Fig. 1). Transverse view shows a target-like appearance (arrows) (Fig.
Soran A. Mahmood, Edward Y. Lee
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The Dynamics of Ascaris lumbricoides Infections [PDF]
Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 2016 The Anderson-May model of human parasite infections and specifically that for the intestinal worm Ascaris lumbricoides is reconsidered, with a view to deriving the observed characteristic negative binomial distribution which is frequently found in human communities.
T. Déirdre Hollingsworth +3 more
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Are Ascaris lumbricoides and Ascaris suum a single species? [PDF]
Parasites & Vectors, 2012 AbstractSince the original description and naming ofAscaris lumbricoidesfrom humans by Linnaeus in 1758 and later ofAscaris suumfrom pigs by Goeze 1782, these species have been considered to be valid. Four hypotheses relative to the conspecificity or lack thereof (and thus origin of these species) are possible: 1)Ascaris lumbricoides(usually infecting ...
Leles, Daniela +4 more
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Human ascariasis: diagnostics update [PDF]
, 2015 Soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) infect over one billion people worldwide. Ascariasis may mimic a number of conditions, and individual clinical diagnosis often requires a thorough work-up.
Jourdan, Peter M., Lamberton, Poppy H.L.
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Soil-transmitted helminth infections [PDF]
, 2018 More than a quarter of the world's population is at risk of infection with the soil-transmitted helminths Ascaris lumbricoides, hookworm (Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus), Trichuris trichiura, and Strongyloides stercoralis. Infected children
Addiss, David G. +3 more
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Intestinal intussusception in an adult caused by helminthic parasitosis [PDF]
, 2016 Intestinal intussusception is an uncommon acute condition in adults and is most commonly caused by an intestinal tumor mass. Helminthic parasitosis is a widespread infection in Africa, and the load of worms is often high in individuals living in areas ...
Ciardi, Gaia +4 more
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Helminth parasites in pigs: New challenges in pig production and current research highlights [PDF]
, 2011 Helminths in pigs have generally received little attention from veterinary parasitologists, despite Ascaris suum, Trichuris suis, and Oesophagostomum sp. being common worldwide.
Mejer, Helena +3 more
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CT imaging of ascaris lumbricoides
Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology, 2010 A 37-year-old man was referred to the department of internal medicine for chronic fever, asthenia and loss of weight. He had no relevant medical history but reported frequent travels to Africa. Abdominal-CT study with contrast agent injection and oral digestive opacification was performed and revealed pleuroperitoneal and pericardial effusions with ...
F C Deprez, C Pauls, T Puttemans
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