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Intestinal Nematodes

(Russian geogel’minty, “geohelminths”), a group of parasitic worms found in man and animals, which develop (in contrast to biohelminths) without intermediate hosts. The eggs enter the soil with excrement, where they develop to the larval stage in warm weather. Human infestation occurs either through eating unwashed fruit and vegetables, through unwashed hands that have eggs on them (for example, ascarids, whipworm, and pinworms), or through direct contact with the earth where the larvae are living (such as ancylostomes).

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In humans, 1.5 billion people are infected with soil-transmitted helminths (or intestinal nematodes) that persist in the intestine as adult worms for a prolonged period of time [4], filarial nematodes are tissue-dwelling parasites of more than 150 million people [5], while blood flukes (schistosomes) infect about 240 million people worldwide and induce chronic systemic and liver disease [6].

Macrophage Activation and Functions during Helminth Infection: Recent Advances from the Laboratory Mouse

Occurrence of Gastro Intestinal Nematodes of Cattle in and Around Gondar Town, Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia.

PREVALENCE OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL HELMINTHS IN BOVINE POPULATION IN DIFFERENT ZONES OF RAWALPINDI DISTRICT OF PUNJAB, PAKISTAN

We found 1,309 parasites (lung pentastomids, n = 22; gastric nematodes, n = 181; intestinal nematodes, n = 81; intestinal trematodes, n = 1,025) in concomitance with 100% parasite prevalence among TX alligators.

Spatial variation of parasite infracommunities in the american alligator (alligator mississippiensis)

Alternative staining using extracts of hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.) and red beet (Beta vulgaris L.) in diagnosing ova of intestinal nematodes (Trichuristrichiura and Ascarislumbricoides).

Staining leishmania parasite by using different synthetic food coloring

The stem bark extract of Acacia oxyphylla against Ascaridia galli (Nematode), seeds of Carum capticum against gastrointestinal nematodes of sheep, aqueous and ethanolic leaf extract of Adhatoda vasica has been observed for ovicidal as well as larvicidal activity against nematodes, leaves of Artimesiabervifolia (wormwood) and Zanthxylumzanthoxyloides (Fagara a native tree from Africa) in the form of powder has been proved effective upto 65% against eggs of Haemonchuscontortus in abomasum, hay of Cassava forage has been proved effective against eggs and larva of abomasal and intestinal nematodes of sheep and goats,

Medicinal plants - an alternative to combat gastrointestinal parasitism

A study from Brazil found a higher incidence of intestinal nematodes in patients with tuberculosis compared to those without.4

Colonoscopic diagnosis of trichuris trichiura in a patient with pulmonary tuberculosis; there is more than what meets the eye

Seasonal Activity of Gastro- Intestinal Nematodes in Goats in Burdur Region, Turkey.

EPIDIMIOLOGICAL STUDY OF GASTROINTESTINAL NEMATODES OF GOATS IN DISTRICT SWAT, KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA, PAKISTAN

Guyatt, "Do intestinal nematodes affect productivity in adulthood?" Parasitology Today, vol.

Comparative study of the prevalence of intestinal parasites in low socioeconomic areas from South Chennai, India

Intestinal nematodes. In: Kasper Dl, Braunwald E, Pauci AS, Hauser SL, Longn DL, Jameson JL, eds.

Surprising finding on colonoscopy: while looking for the cause of our patient's intermittent rectal bleeding, we discovered something else entirely