ON THE GROUP-SPECIFIC SUBSTANCE OF ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES

Ascaris Lumbricoides

Ascaris lumbricoides--the ubiquitous roundworm.

The public health importance of Ascaris lumbricoides.

Numerous studies have shown that anthelminthic treatment can be effective in improving growth rates when given to malnourished children with ascariasis. Recent investigations have also indicated that Ascaris infections can affect mental processing in some school children. Poor socio-economic conditions are among the key factors linked with higher prevalences of ascariasis, as are defaecation pr...

The Life History of Ascaris Lumbricoides

Sir,?In The Indian Medical Gazette of August of this year. Colonel Clayton Lane, i.M s , has been kind enough to publish a paper and a letter of criticism on my work on the life-history of Ascaris lumbricoides. Colonel Lane's criticism falls naturally under two heads:? I. That the positive proof of the direct transmission of Ascaris lumbricoides without an intermediate host is complete and abso...

The Life History of Ascaris Lumbricoides

Sir,?I beg for space for a note, as brief as possible, on Major Stewart's letter under the above heading in the current number of the Indian Medical Gazette, some criticism and suggestions in which are best met by a historical survey. On 1st July, 1916, Major Stewart published in the British Medical Journal a paper in which he showed that after administration to rodents of the ripe eggs of the ...