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Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier
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On episode 21 of the podcast This Week in Parasitism, Vincent and Dickson review the biology and pathogenesis of Ascaris lumbricoides, one of the largest nematodes to infect humans.
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- Ascaris lumbricoides adult female (top) and male (jpg)
- Ascaris lumbricoides life cycle (jpg)
- Child with distended abdomen due to Ascaris (jpg)
- Adult Ascaris removed from child in previous figure (jpg)
- Toxocara canis and Toxocara cati life cycle (jpg)
- Letters read on TWiP 21
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Those are some big worms…
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where can we get live samples of ascaris lumbricoides? is there a possibility that it is commercially available?