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 ...

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 ...

But fights aren't the only public health hazard caused by the push for poop. Greg Scarlatoiu, executive director of the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea (HRNK), said intestinal worms were ...