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 ...

The giant roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides infects approximately 0.8 billion people worldwide, leading to chronic morbidity including intestinal problems and poor growth, particularly in children.

Ascaris lumbricoides is an intestinal parasite that results in severe health consequences, including growth retardation and impaired cognitive development. The infection, ...

IT has long been a matter of uncertainty whether the ascaris parasite of the domestic pig is specifically identical with Ascaris lumbricoides L. 1758 from the intestine of man. The evidence, as ...

We are one step closer to understanding a worm infection affecting one in eight of the world population. A new Irish-led study shines a light on what can make us vulnerable to the disease.