Once inside a host, female worms release fertilized eggs that are passed out in human feces, starting the next phase of their life cycle. While Ascaris lumbricoides itself doesn't have a social ...

Medically reviewed by Robert Burakoff, MDIntestinal worms often lead to gastrointestinal symptoms, like diarrhea, because ...

The European Medicines Agency’s positive opinion for ivermectin-albendazole for treating soil-transmitted helminth infections ...

Globally, over 600 million people are infected with the skin-penetrating threadworm, Strongyloides stercoralis, mostly in tropical and subtropical regions with poor sanitation infrastructure.

Another parasitic worm, Clavinema mariae ... which are excreted by the hosts in feces. In humans, effects of D. nihonkaiense infection are often asymptomatic or produce abdominal pain and ...

In the United States, the most well-known skin-penetrating parasitic worm, called a nematode ... Skin-penetrating nematodes are excreted in the feces of an infected host, and then enter the ...

After an hour at the Arizona Worm Farm on Sunday afternoon, a couple of dozen Jewish kids knew a few facts about worms, or at ...