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A 41-year-old woman in China who visited the hospital multiple times over the years complaining of mysterious stomach pains has finally been diagnosed and treated. It turns out, a 30-centimeter ...

Approximately one billion people worldwide are estimated to be infected with the roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides, an intestinal parasite of humans. Some of them, especially children who carry high ...

Researchers at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine have found that ending mass drug administration for lymphatic ...

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 ...

Roundworms (Ascaris spp.) are large intestinal parasites that live and mature in the human gut. Infection occurs when individuals ingest eggs from contaminated soil or food. In endemic regions, ...

The paper «Ascaris exposure associated with lung function, asthma and DNA-methylation in Northern-Europe» was just published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. The study is a ...