NOTE: CDC's DPDx webpage for Laboratory Identification of Parasites of Public Health Concern has been moved to https://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/index.html. See the Parasites A-Z Index to locate diagnostics for a parasite.
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What Are Nematodes?This website from the University of Nebraska - Lincoln provides a species list of nematodes, diagnostic keys and worm maps.
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Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections - WHOFact sheet on nematodes from the World Health Organization.
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Helminth Parasites - ASPThe basics about nematodes, cestodes and termatodes from the Australian Society for Parasitology.
Ascaris lumbricoides
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CDC Fact Sheet on AscariasisThe US Center for Disease Control offers complete information about this disease caused by the soil-transmitted helminth: life cycle, epidemiology, disease, treatment, prevention, etc.
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Ascariasis - Global Network for NTDsAscariasis is considered a Neglected Tropical Disease. Read here about the worm, the disease and the Global Network's work to eradicate the disease.
Enterobius vermicularis
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CDC Fact Sheet on EnterobiasisThe US Center for Disease Control offers complete information on this disease caused by the nematode: life cycle, epidemiology, disease, treatment, prevention, etc.
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Enterobius vermicularis from ADWThe Animal Diversity Web provides extensive information on the biology, behavior and ecology of parasites.
Necator americanus and Ancylostoma duodenale
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CDC Fact Sheet on HookwormThe US Center for Disease Control offers complete information about this disease caused by the soil-transmitted helminths: life cycle, epidemiology, disease, treatment, prevention, etc.
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Hookworm: Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanusAn extensive entry on hookworms from the Stanford University course, "Parasites and Pestilence." Includes the discovery of the nematodes and several maps of infected populations.
Strongyloides stercoralis
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CDC Fact Sheet on StrongyloidesThe US Center for Disease Control offers complete information about this disease caused by the soil-transmitted helminths: life cycle, epidemiology, disease, treatment, prevention, etc.
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Strongyloides stercoralis - ADWThe Animal Diversity Web provides extensive information on the biology, behavior and ecology of parasites.
Trichuris trichiura
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CDC Fact Sheet on TrichuriasisAlso called whipworm infection. The US Center for Disease Control offers complete information on this soil-transmitted helminth: life cycle, epidemiology, disease, treatment, prevention, etc.
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Trichuris trichuria - EOLThe Encyclopedia of Life covers all aspects of the whipworm - behavior, reproduction, ecology, and more.
News about Nematodes
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Meet the Parasites That Might Cure Crohn's DiseaseA 2016 article from Forbes magazine.
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Enterobius vermicularis infestation of the appendix and management at the time of laparoscopic appendicectomyA 2010 article from the International Journal of Surgery on how to avoid spreading pinworms during an appendectomy. Yuck!
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Why Some Civil War Soldiers Glowed in the DarkA 2017 post by Matt Soniak in Mental Floss. The glow came from a symbiosis between nematodes and bacteria.
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