Ascaris lumbricoides, a roundworm, infects humans via the fecal-oral route.
What is the common name for Ascaris lumbricoides?
Ascaris lumbricoides (human roundworm) and Ascaris suum (pig roundworm) are hard to tell apart. It is unknown how many people worldwide are infected with Ascaris suum.
What is another name for Ascaris?
One species, Ascaris lumbricoides, affects humans and causes the disease ascariasis. Another species, Ascaris suum, typically infects pigs. Parascaris equorum, the equine roundworm, is also commonly called an "ascarid". ... AscarisOrder:AscarididaFamily:AscarididaeGenus:Ascaris Linnaeus, 1758Species
What does Lumbricoides mean?
: a creature (as an ascarid) that resembles an earthworm.
What disease does Ascaris lumbricoides cause?
Ascariasis is an infection of the small intestine caused by Ascaris lumbricoides, which is a species of roundworm. Roundworms are a type of parasitic worm. Infections caused by roundworms are fairly common. Ascariasis is the most common roundworm infection.
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