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Conditions and Diseases
Infectious Diseases
Parasitic
Nematodes
42 Sites
Parasitic nematodes, also know as roundworms, cause diseases in a variety of organs. Their larva can cause disease by migrating through the body.
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Dracunculiasis
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Anisakiasis
- Humans are infected by consuming raw or undercooked fish. Features symptoms, effects on the body, and cause of the disease.
eMedicine - Ascariasis
- Article by Michael E Greenberg, MD, MPH.
eMedicine - Nematode Infections
- Article by Murat Hökelek, MD, PhD.
eMedicine - Strongyloidiasis
- Article by Hari Polenakovik, MD.
eMedicine - Hookworms
- Article by David R Haburchak, MD.
eMedicine - Cutaneous Larva Migrans
- Article by Margaret C Douglass, MD.
NHS Choices: Roundworm
- Provides information on these worms that can infest the human digestive tract. Includes details of symptoms, causes, diagnosis, treatment and prevention.
Medmicro: Enteric Nematodes of Lower Animals Transmitted to Humans
- Provides information on the more common zoonoses caused by enteric nematodes of lower animals for which humans are not the natural hosts.
Filarial Nematodes
- Scientific and medical information on these thread-like parasitic nematodes that are transmitted by arthropod vectors.
Hookworm Infection - CDC
- Includes factsheets on the organism and the disease it causes, news releases, and reports.
Ascaris Infection - CDC
- Includes factsheets on organism and the disease it causes, news releases, and reports.
Baylisascaris Infection Fact Sheet - CDC
- Includes factsheets on the raccoon roundworm and the disease it causes, news releases, and reports.
Bad Bug Book: Anisakis simplex and Related Worms
- Features cause, symptoms, diagnosis, complications, associated foods, target populations, and outbreaks.
Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura: Bad Bug Book
- Features cause, symptoms, diagnosis, complications, associated foods, target populations, and outbreaks.
Eustrongylides sp. : Bad Bug Book
- Features cause, symptoms, diagnosis, complications, associated foods, target populations, and outbreaks.
Angiostrongyliasis - CDC DPDx
- Factsheet with causal agents, life cycle, geographic distribution, laboratory diagnosis, and treatment.
Capillariasis - CDC DPDx
- Factsheet with causal agents, life cycle, geographic distribution, laboratory diagnosis, and treatment.
CDC DPDx: Anisakiasis
- Factsheet with causal agents, life cycle, geographic distribution, laboratory diagnosis, and treatment.
DPDx: Lymphatic Filariasis
- Provides information on the different parasitic nematodes that can inhabit the lymphatics and subcutaneous tissues and cause this condition, and the life cycle of each.
Gnathostomiasis - CDC DPDx
- Factsheet with causal agents, life cycle, geographic distribution, laboratory diagnosis, and treatment. Human gnathostomiasis is due to migrating immature worms.
Strongyloidiasis - CDC DPDx
- Factsheet with causal agents, life cycle, geographic distribution, laboratory diagnosis, and treatment.
Trichuriasis - CDC DPDx
- Factsheet with causal agents, life cycle, geographic distribution, laboratory diagnosis, and treatment.
Baylisascaris procyonis: An Emerging Helminthic Zoonosis
- Scientific and medical article on the raccoon roundworm and its effects on people.
Medical Microbiology: Enteric Nematodes of Humans
- Medical and scientific information on the organisms and the diseases they cause.
Acanthocheilonemiasis
- NORD fact sheet about this rare tropical infectious disease offers alternative names, a general discussion, and resources.
Ascariasis: Kidshealth
- Factsheet with signs and symptoms, treatment, and tips for prevention.
MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Ascariasis
- Features cause, risk factors, symptoms, tests, treatment, complications, and prevention.
MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Hookworm
- Features cause, risk factors, symptoms, tests, treatment, complications, and prevention.
MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Creeping Eruption
- Features cause, risk factors, symptoms, tests, treatment, complications, and prevention.
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See Also
Food and Water Borne
Health : Conditions and Diseases
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Zoonoses
Health : Conditions and Diseases : Infectious Diseases
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Nematoda
Biology : Flora and Fauna : Animalia
73 Sites
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