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Ascariasis is an infection of the small intestine caused by the nematode Ascaris lumbricoides, a large roundworm. Ascariasis occurs with greatest frequency in tropical and subtropical regions, especially in areas with inadequate sanitation. Humans become infected on ingestion of food or water contaminated with embryonated eggs of the roundworm. The larvae hatch in the small intestine, which then penetrate the intestinal wall to enter the lymphatics and venules. The larvae then migrate through various organs and finally reach back to the small intestine.

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  • Adult Worm
  • Acute Cholangitis
  • Status Asthmaticus
  • Ascaris Lumbricoides
  • Protein Energy Malnutrition

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  1. Cornea and Anterior Segment services, Ocular Immunology and Uveitis Service, L.V. Prasad Eye Institute, Road No: 2, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, 500034, India

    Virender Singh Sangwan MS

  2. Jhaveri Microbiology Centre, L.V. Prasad Eye Institute, Road No: 2, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, 500034, India

    Swapna Reddy Motukupally MD

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  1. Centre of Ophthalmology, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

    Manfred Zierhut

  2. Biomedical Research Centre, Institute of Ophthalmology, Moorfields Eyes Hospital, Department of Medical Retina, UCL, London, United Kingdom

    Carlos Pavesio

  3. School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Hokkaido University Graduate, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

    Shigeaki Ohno

  4. University of Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

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  5. USC Eye Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA

    Narsing A. Rao

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Sangwan, V.S., Motukupally, S.R. (2016). Ascariasis. In: Zierhut, M., Pavesio, C., Ohno, S., Orefice, F., Rao, N. (eds) Intraocular Inflammation. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-75387-2_128

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