Ascaris lumbricoides, along with whipworm and hookworm, is a type of parasite known as a soil-transmitted helminth (STH). The roundworm lays eggs, which then pass in the person’s stool, or poop.

A. lumbricoides is one of the most common human parasitic worms worldwide. An estimated 800 million to 1.2 billion people have A. lumbricoides in their intestinal tracts, according to the Centers ...

An estimated 807 million to 1.2 billion people in the world are infected with Ascaris lumbricoides, which are parasitic worms known as soil-transmitted helminths, according to the Centers for ...

Researchers investigated the power of the models in predicting overall STH infections (A. lumbricoides, hookworms, and T. trichiura) in two main scenarios: for individuals from existing and from ...

Ascaris lumbricoides is one of the most common intestinal parasites in humans. Daily global contamination of the soil by A. lumbricoides eggs is enormous (∼9×10¹⁴ eggs/day). Physical factors, ...

The mean A. lumbricoides worm burden for children, 5-11 yr old, was 19.2 (SD 20.4) worms per child, with a median of 13 worms (n = 428). The distributions were overdispersed for all 3 nematodes. The ...

Infection with a species of parasitic worm increases the fertility of women, say scientists. A study of 986 indigenous women in Bolivia indicated a lifetime of Ascaris lumbricoides, a type of ...

Prof Rick Maizels, a specialist in parasitic worms and the immune system, told the BBC News website: "It's horrifying that the hookworm effects are so profound, half of women by 26 or 28 have yet ...

Ascaris lumbricoides Blocking the Common Bile Duct Authors: Betram G. Esser-Köchling, M.D., and Friedrich W. Hirsch, M.D. Author Info & Affiliations Published February 3, 2005 N Engl J Med 2005 ...