Ascariasis

A parasitic helminthiasis infectious disease that involves infection of the intestine with the nematode Ascaris lumbricoides. Larvae migrating through the lungs cause cough, wheezing and hemoptysis. Bowel or biliary obstruction causes cramping abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. Peritonitis, enlargement of the liver or spleen, toxicity and pneumonia are observed when larvae get into the portal circulation.

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Aliases

• Ascariasis
• ascariasis
• Ascariasis - roundworm
• ascariasis - roundworm
• Ascaris lumbricoides caused disease or disorder
• Ascaris lumbricoides disease or disorder
• Ascaris lumbricoides infection
• Ascaris lumbricoides infectious disease

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Ascaris suum infection was associated with a worm-independent reduction in microbial diversity and altered metabolic potential in the porcine gut microbiome

Guts within guts: the microbiome of the intestinal helminth parasite Ascaris suum is derived but distinct from its host