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.