Effects of improved water supply and sanitation on ascariasis, diarrhoea, dracunculiasis, hookworm infection, schistosomiasis and trachoma. |
Ascariasis occurs when worm eggs commonly found in soil and human feces are ingested. |
Their results indicate that the cellular immune responses needed to protect against TB and HIV, are impaired by ascariasis and other helminthic infections. |
If your child has ascariasis, she should be evaluated for other intestinal parasites, such as pinworm. |
The possibility of zoonotic transmission in Cornwall was investigated by comparing risk factors for ascariasis and enterobiasis. |
In children, intestinal spirochetosis has been associated with ascariasis, enterobiasis, and Helicobacter pylori gastritis. |