"Ascaris lumbricoides" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A species of parasitic nematode that is the largest found in the human intestine. Its distribution is worldwide, but it is more prevalent in areas of poor sanitation. Human infection with A. lumbricoides is acquired by swallowing fully embryonated eggs from contaminated soil.
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D017164
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.500.294.400.500.100.108.425
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| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ascaris lumbricoides" by people in Profiles.
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Yang A, Bakhtari N, Langdon-Embry L, Redwood E, Grandjean Lapierre S, Rakotomanga P, Rafalimanantsoa A, De Dios Santos J, Vigan-Womas I, Knoblauch AM, Marcos LA. Kankanet: An artificial neural network-based object detection smartphone application and mobile microscope as a point-of-care diagnostic aid for soil-transmitted helminthiases. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2019 08; 13(8):e0007577.
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Eckardt AJ, Barnard GF. Endoscopic diagnosis and removal of Ascaris lumbricoides during colonoscopy for polyp surveillance (with video). Gastrointest Endosc. 2006 Apr; 63(4):708-9, discussion 709.
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Cooper PJ, Chico ME, Sandoval C, Espinel I, Guevara A, Kennedy MW, Urban JF, Griffin GE, Nutman TB. Human infection with Ascaris lumbricoides is associated with a polarized cytokine response. J Infect Dis. 2000 10; 182(4):1207-13.