TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Ascariasis A1 - Banerjee, Ritu A2 - Kline, Mark W. PY - 2018 T2 - Rudolph's Pediatrics, 23e AB - Ascaris lumbricoides, an intestinal roundworm, is a soil-transmitted helminth and one of the most common parasites in the world. It causes a variety of clinical manifestations known as ascariasis. Although A lumbricoides infects nearly 1 billion people worldwide and causes significant morbidity, it remains a neglected tropical disease. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182903866 ER -