Parasitic nematodes, also know as roundworms, cause diseases in a variety of organs. Their larva can cause disease by migrating through the body....
This page was last updated on August 25th, 2008
This page was last updated on August 25th, 2008
Nematodes (from Parasitic)
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Strongyloidiasis
Includes history, cause, images, symptoms, treatment, and prevention.
eMedicine - Hookworms
Article by David R Haburchak, MD.
Toxocariasis: The Merck Manual
Brief factsheet with cause, symptoms, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment.
Toxocariasis: Kidshealth
Toxocara are common parasites of dogs and cats. When they infect humans, the illness is called toxocariasis or visceral larva migrans.
Angiostrongyliasis - CDC DPDx
Factsheet with causal agents, life cycle, geographic distribution, laboratory diagnosis, and treatment.
Ascariasis: Kidshealth
Factsheet with signs and symptoms, treatment, and tips for prevention.
Baylisascaris Infection Fact Sheet - CDC Division of Parasitic Diseases
Includes factsheets on the raccoon roundworm and the disease it causes, news releases, and reports.
Hookworms - Ancylostoma sp. and Necator sp.
Includes life cycle, images, and pathology.
eMedicine - Toxocariasis
Article by Sun Huh, MD, PhD.
Guinea Worm Disease Facts
Factsheet with cause, geographic distribution, at risk poulation, symptoms, prevention, and treatment.
Trichinella: Food Safety Research Information Office
Directory of factsheets, reports, press releases, and resources on the parasite and its effects.
Ascariasis
Disease fact sheet from the World Health Organization, prepared for World Water Day 2001.
eMedicine - Cutaneous Larva Migrans
Article by Margaret C Douglass, MD.
Anisakis simplex and related worms: Bad Bug Book
Features cause, symptoms, diagnosis, complications, associated foods, target populations, and outbreaks.
Guinea Worm or Dracunculiasis: WHO
Features disease information and status, control activities, and links.
eMedicine - Nematode Infections
Article by Murat Hökelek, MD, PhD.
Anisakiasis - CDC DPDx
nematode Factsheet with causal agents, life cycle, geographic distribution, laboratory diagnosis, and treatment.
Strongyloidiasis - CDC DPDx
Factsheet with causal agents, life cycle, geographic distribution, laboratory diagnosis, and treatment.
Ascaris lumbricoides
Includes images, life cycle, and the pathology the nematode causes.
Ascariasis: The Merck Manual
Brief factsheet with cause, symptoms, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment.
Toxocariasis Fact Sheet - CDC Division of Parasitic Diseases
Includes cause, symptoms, prevention, and treatment.
Guinea Worm Disease or Dracunculiasis - CDC Division of Parasitic Diseases
Includes factsheets on the organism and the disease it causes, news releases, and reports.
Parasitic Roundworm Diseases
Factsheets on nematodes that infect people.
eMedicine - Strongyloidiasis
Article by Hari Polenakovik, MD.
Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura: Bad Bug Book
Features cause, symptoms, diagnosis, complications, associated foods, target populations, and outbreaks.
WHO/OMS: Intestinal Nematodes
Factsheets and publications.
Capillariasis - 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.
eMedicine - Ascariasis
Article by Michael E Greenberg, MD, MPH.
Creeping Eruption: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia
Features cause, risk factors, symptoms, tests, treatment, complications, and prevention.
Hookworm : MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia
Features cause, risk factors, symptoms, tests, treatment, complications, and prevention.
Hookworm Infection: The Merck Manual
Brief factsheet with cause, symptoms, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment.
Baylisascaris procyonis: An Emerging Helminthic Zoonosis
Scientific and medical article on the raccoon roundworm and its effects on people.
Trichinosis: The Merck Manual
Brief factsheet with cause, symptoms, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment.
Whipworm Infection: The Merck Manual
Brief factsheet with cause, symptoms, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment.
Anisakiasis
Humans are infected by consuming raw or undercooked fish. Features symptoms, effects on the body, and cause of the disease.
eMedicine - Trichinosis
Article by L Kristian Arnold, MD.
Trichinosis: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia
Features cause, risk factors, symptoms, tests, treatment, complications, and prevention.
Ascaris Infection - CDC Division of Parasitic Diseases
Includes factsheets on organism and the disease it causes, news releases, and reports.
Hookworm Infection - CDC Division of Parasitic Diseases
Includes factsheets on the organism and the disease it causes, news releases, and reports.
Medmicro: Enteric Nematodes of Humans
Medical and scientific information on the organisms and the diseases they cause.
What Is A Hookworm Infection or Ancylostomiasis?
Features images, cause, treatment, symptoms, and prevention.
Gnathostomiasis - CDC DPDx
Factsheet with causal agents, life cycle, geographic distribution, laboratory diagnosis, and treatment. Human gnathostomiasis is due to migrating immature worms.
Ascariasis: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia
Features cause, risk factors, symptoms, tests, treatment, complications, and prevention.
Trichinosis - CDC Division of Parasitic Diseases
Includes factsheets on the organism and the disease it causes, news releases, and reports.
Eustrongylides sp. : Bad Bug Book
Features cause, symptoms, diagnosis, complications, associated foods, target populations, and outbreaks.
WHO: Water related diseases: Ascariasis
Factsheet with disease information, distribution, scope of the problem, and prevention.
Includes history, cause, images, symptoms, treatment, and prevention.
Article by David R Haburchak, MD.
Brief factsheet with cause, symptoms, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment.
Toxocara are common parasites of dogs and cats. When they infect humans, the illness is called toxocariasis or visceral larva migrans.
Factsheet with causal agents, life cycle, geographic distribution, laboratory diagnosis, and treatment.
Factsheet with signs and symptoms, treatment, and tips for prevention.
Includes factsheets on the raccoon roundworm and the disease it causes, news releases, and reports.
Includes life cycle, images, and pathology.
Article by Sun Huh, MD, PhD.
Factsheet with cause, geographic distribution, at risk poulation, symptoms, prevention, and treatment.
Directory of factsheets, reports, press releases, and resources on the parasite and its effects.
Disease fact sheet from the World Health Organization, prepared for World Water Day 2001.
Article by Margaret C Douglass, MD.
Features cause, symptoms, diagnosis, complications, associated foods, target populations, and outbreaks.
Features disease information and status, control activities, and links.
Article by Murat Hökelek, MD, PhD.
nematode Factsheet with causal agents, life cycle, geographic distribution, laboratory diagnosis, and treatment.
Factsheet with causal agents, life cycle, geographic distribution, laboratory diagnosis, and treatment.
Includes images, life cycle, and the pathology the nematode causes.
Brief factsheet with cause, symptoms, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment.
Includes cause, symptoms, prevention, and treatment.
Includes factsheets on the organism and the disease it causes, news releases, and reports.
Factsheets on nematodes that infect people.
Article by Hari Polenakovik, MD.
Features cause, symptoms, diagnosis, complications, associated foods, target populations, and outbreaks.
Factsheets and publications.
Factsheet with causal agents, life cycle, geographic distribution, laboratory diagnosis, and treatment.
Factsheet with causal agents, life cycle, geographic distribution, laboratory diagnosis, and treatment.
Article by Michael E Greenberg, MD, MPH.
Features cause, risk factors, symptoms, tests, treatment, complications, and prevention.
Features cause, risk factors, symptoms, tests, treatment, complications, and prevention.
Brief factsheet with cause, symptoms, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment.
Scientific and medical article on the raccoon roundworm and its effects on people.
Brief factsheet with cause, symptoms, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment.
Brief factsheet with cause, symptoms, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment.
Humans are infected by consuming raw or undercooked fish. Features symptoms, effects on the body, and cause of the disease.
Article by L Kristian Arnold, MD.
Features cause, risk factors, symptoms, tests, treatment, complications, and prevention.
Includes factsheets on organism and the disease it causes, news releases, and reports.
Includes factsheets on the organism and the disease it causes, news releases, and reports.
Medical and scientific information on the organisms and the diseases they cause.
Features images, cause, treatment, symptoms, and prevention.
Factsheet with causal agents, life cycle, geographic distribution, laboratory diagnosis, and treatment. Human gnathostomiasis is due to migrating immature worms.
Features cause, risk factors, symptoms, tests, treatment, complications, and prevention.
Includes factsheets on the organism and the disease it causes, news releases, and reports.
Features cause, symptoms, diagnosis, complications, associated foods, target populations, and outbreaks.
Factsheet with disease information, distribution, scope of the problem, and prevention.
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