Ascaris lumbricoides
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This article is about the organism. For the disease, see Ascariasis.
Ascaris lumbricoides is a large parasitic worm that causes ascariasis in humans. A roundworm of genus Ascaris, it is the most common parasitic worm in humans.[1] An estimated 807 million–1.2 billion people are infected with A. lumbricoides worldwide.[2] People living in tropical and subtropical countries are at greater risk of infection.[3]
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Ascaris lumbricoides | |
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An adult female Ascaris worm | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Nematoda |
Class: | Chromadorea |
Order: | Ascaridida |
Family: | Ascarididae |
Genus: | Ascaris |
Species: | A. lumbricoides |
Binomial name | |
Ascaris lumbricoides | |
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It has been proposed that Ascaris lumbricoides and Ascaris suum (pig roundworm) are the same species.[4]