The roundworm infection occurs when larvae, which get on the hands from touching contaminated soil or unwashed vegetables, ...

However, other types of roundworms can cause infection in humans as well, as roundworms are common in soil and aquatic habitats and in the intestines of animals that live in habitats where ...

Trichuris incognita is a newfound intestinal roundworm ... species of human parasite that appears to be resistant to common antiparasitic treatments, such as ivermectin. "The infection tends ...

In early 2021, a 64-year-old woman from south-eastern New South Wales began dealing with stomach aches and diarrhoea, which ...

In 1986, the World Health Assembly called for the eradication of Guinea worm. At the start of the Carter Center-led program in 1986, the disease was endemic in 20 African and Asian countries, with ...

The European Medicines Agency’s positive opinion for ivermectin-albendazole for treating soil-transmitted helminth infections ...