We're about to dive into the world of parasitology, taking a close look at one of the most common parasitic worms infecting humans: Ascaris lumbricoides. This large roundworm is responsible for a ...

1 Correction appended, 3/15/18, 12:05 PM EDT: A previous version of this story misidentified the type of worm shown on Grey's Anatomy.It's Ascaris lumbricoides, not Strongyloides. Correction to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...