We're about to dive into the world of parasitology, taking a close look at one of the most common parasitic worms infecting ...

Doctors at Children's Hospital 2 in Ho Chi Minh City have performed a surgery to remove more than 100 roundworms whose scientific name is Ascaris lumbricoides from the small intestine of a ...

-- Chairman of Vietnam's lawmaking National Assembly Tran Thanh Man held talks with President of the National Assembly of ...

1 Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research (SIAF), University of Zurich, Davos, Switzerland 2 Institute for Immunological Research, University of Cartagena, Cartagena, Colombia Introduction: ...

elegans research, cementing the lowly soil worm’s outsize role in scientific discovery. The 1-millimeter nematode has helped scientists understand how healthy cells are instructed to kill themselves ...

Microscopy was used to identify roundworm eggs in 10.3 per cent of burials. We integrate these results with past palaeoparasitological work in the province of Britannia to explore disease, hygiene and ...

A circular rash is commonly caused by a fungal infection called ringworm. However, there are many rashes that look like ringworm but aren’t. They may be caused by allergic reactions, chronic skin ...

A gathering in North Carolina last year resulted in 10 probable cases of a parasitic infection from undercooked bear meat, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and ...

Scientists from Rutgers University and the University of Glasgow are suggesting that a protein derived from the Heligmosomoides polygyrus — a species of intestinal parasitic roundworm — could ...

In a new study, researchers at the University of California have found that roundworms can smell harmful bacteria. The olfactory neurons of these nematodes serve as an early warning system against ...

Research on the biogeographic distribution patterns of soil nematode communities and their drivers has received greater attention. However, the distribution characteristics of soil nematode ...

Ascaris lumbricoides (also known simply as Ascaris) is the largest intestinal roundworm that can infect humans. Adults measure 15-35 centimeters long with a diameter of around 6 mm. Females have a ...