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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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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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