Unlike some worms, Ascaris lumbricoides don't have hooks or suckers to latch onto their host. Instead, they live freely in ...

Infection by the parasite Ascaris lumbricoides is thought to affect almost a quarter of the world's population. The southeastern region is the portion of United States most affected. Adult Ascaris ...

For instance, a study conducted in the Eastern Cape of South Africa found that 30% of HIV/AIDS patients were infected with intestinal parasites, with Ascaris lumbricoides being the most commonly ...

Soil-transmitted helminthiases (STH) are caused by four species of parasitic worms (Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura, and the hookworms Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus ...

Soil-transmitted helminthiases (STH) are caused by four species of parasitic worms—Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura, Ancylostoma duodenale, and Necator americanus—and are transmitted ...