Ascariasis: Host-Pathogen Biology
Ascariasis: Host-Pathogen Biology
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Ascariasis: Host-Pathogen Biology
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United States: University of Chicago Press
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Reviews of infectious diseases, 1982-07, Vol.4 (4), p.806-814
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English
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United States: University of Chicago Press
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Ascaris lumbricoides is one of the most common intestinal parasites in humans. Daily global contamination of the soil by A. lumbricoides eggs is enormous (∼9×10¹⁴ eggs/day). Physical factors, particularly temperature and moisture, are critical in determinating the maturation of eggs to the infective stage and their survival. Transmission of the inf...
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Ascariasis: Host-Pathogen Biology
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_74243385
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_74243385
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0162-0886
