Ascariasis

Ascariasis is a disease caused by the parasitic roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides. Infections have no symptoms in more than 85% of cases, especially if the number of worms is small. Symptoms increase with the number of worms present and may include shortness of breath and fever in the beginning of the disease. These may be followed by symptoms of abdominal swelling, abdominal pain, and diarrhea. Children are most commonly affected, and in this age group the infection may also cause poor weight gain, malnutrition, and learning problems.Infection occurs by eating food or drink contaminated with Ascaris eggs from feces. The eggs …

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World Bank Group · 11 March 2024 English

attribution to WASH for schistosomiasis, trachoma, ascariasis, trichiniasis, hookworm disease and in certain


IADB: Inter-American Development Bank · 31 January 2024 English

We examine the efficiency gains in health systems generated after the national roll out of basic healthcare in El Salvador between 2010 and 2013. Using data from over 120 million …

Trichinellosis x B76 Hookworm diseases x B77 Ascariasis x x B78 Strongyloidiasis x B79 Trichuriasis x


INREA: National Institute for research in technical sciences for the environment and agriculture · 10 November 2023 French

to be used as anthelmintic for the control of ascariasis in horses [30]. This requires further research



INREA: National Institute for research in technical sciences for the environment and agriculture · 31 October 2023

and ascariasis. Microbes Infect. 2011;13(7):632–7. 50. Crompton D, Tulley J. How much Ascariasis is there


INREA: National Institute for research in technical sciences for the environment and agriculture · 23 October 2023 French

Chinese medicine in the treatment of cestodiasis, ascariasis, and schistosomiasis (Koike et al., 2005). Seeds




InterAcademy Partnership · 25 September 2023 English

The Inter-American Network of Academies of Sciences (IANAS) is a regional network of Academies of Sciences created to support cooperation to strengthen science and technology as tools for advancing research …

et al. Soil-transmitted helminth infections: ascariasis, trichuriasis, and hookworm. Lancet 2006; 367:1521-32


FGV: Fundação Getulio Vargas · 6 July 2023 Portuguese

A metodologia adotada compreendeu a coleta de dados provenientes de indicadores do Sistema Nacional de Informações sobre Saneamento (SNIS), do Departamento de Informática do Sistema Único de Saúde (DATASUS), e …

Effects of improved water supply and sanitation on ascariasis, diarrhoea, dracunliasis, hookworm infection


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