| A free-swimming roundworm thus looks rather like it is thrashing about aimlessly. |
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| Raccoons may be cute, but many of them carry raccoon roundworm, an ascarid that can infect children. |
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| Lab tests indicate huge quantities of garlic may fight roundworm, the most common intestinal parasite. |
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| Infection by one type of roundworm, known as a hookworm, can cause problems in your small intestine or lungs. |
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| Ascariasis is an infection of the small intestine caused by the roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides. |
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| Almost all Egyptian mummies contained parasites which caused amoebic dysentery and bilharzia, and mummies in the New World had whipworm and roundworm eggs. |
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| Raccoons can also carry a roundworm parasite called Baylisascaris procyonis. |
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| The roundworm attaches itself to the stomach or intestinal wall and lives off the tissue or blood. |
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| It is a parasiticide which is active against the important species of roundworm, tapeworms and flukes in farm animals and humans. |
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| From a public health viewpoint, trichinosis, which is caused by a nematode or roundworm, is probably the most important parasite of bears. |
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| Transmission of roundworm, whipworm and hookworm requires a warm wet environment to ensure survival of eggs or larvae in soil that is contaminated with human faeces. |
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| In fact, roundworm and whipworm alone are estimated to affect one-quarter of the world's population. |
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| These parasites, such as roundworm, hookworm and whipworm, are found in the soil in some areas and spread through ingestion of infected soil or through the soles of bare feet. |
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| This is why peaks of roundworm infections often start in the rainy season. |
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| This project will study the genetic pathways involved in axon outgrowth, guidance and branching using the nervous system of C. elegans, a microscopic roundworm, as a model. |
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| Soil taken from the Plantagenet King's remains was found to contain microscopic roundworm eggs. |
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| In May 2012, hundreds of Peruvian pelicans were reported to have perished in Peru from a combination of starvation and roundworm infestation. |
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| The three remaining targets are another roundworm, a hydra from the group of harpoon flingers that includes corals, and a slime mold. |
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| Seed preferences and foraging by granivores at raccoon latrines in the transmission dynamics of the raccoon roundworm. |
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| Common intestinal parasites include pinworm, whipworm, roundworm, hookworm, threadworm, and tapeworm. |
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| The roundworm group of helminths includes pinworms, whipworms, roundworms, and hookworms. |
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| So we might expect the prevalence of faecal-oral parasites such as whipworm and roundworm to drop in Roman times – yet we find a gradual increase. |
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| Another type of roundworm that can be present in humans is whipworms. |
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| So by eliminatingLF, the Global Alliance is also helping protect people from the ravages of hookworm, roundworm, whipworm, lice, scabies and other devastating parasitic infections. |
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| There is also a link between roundworm infection and asthma. |
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| Trichinosis is caused by a roundworm transmitted via undercooked pork. |
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| A number of common parasites, including roundworm, are transmitted via dog feces. |
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| The Tsimane are continually exposed to soil-dwelling parasitic worms called helminths, such as hookworm and roundworm. |
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| King Richard III suffered from a roundworm infection, with foot-long parasites living in his intestines. |
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| Fossilized human waste has also been found in latrine pits, allowing the researchers at the University of Basel to show that roundworm was endemic amongst the inhabitants. |
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| These are ascariasis or roundworm infection, trichuriasis or whipworm infection, and hookworm infection. |
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| A roundworm specific to humans, Ascaris lumbricoides, is rarely seen in developed countries. |
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| Polar bears are especially susceptible to Trichinella, a parasitic roundworm they contract through cannibalism, although infections are usually not fatal. |
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| The sheep model used is naturally sensitive to an antigen derived from the roundworm Ascaris suum, developing asthma-like symptoms when exposed to this antigen. |
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| Wolves can carry over 30 roundworm species, though most roundworm infections appear benign, depending on the number of worms and the age of the host. |
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| Reducing Baylisascaris procyonis roundworm larvae in raccoon latrines. |
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| For safety, bacon may be treated to prevent trichinosis, caused by Trichinella, a parasitic roundworm which can be destroyed by heating, freezing, drying, or smoking. |
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