Zoology - Human Health and Diseases Question with Solution | TestHub

Ascaris lumbricoides (the common roundworm, an intestinal parasite) causes ascariasis. A roundworm infects a person's small intestine. The mode of infection is by the consumption of soil, water, plants, etc. contaminated with the release of parasite eggs along with the feces of a infected person. The signs and symptoms are intestinal bleeding, muscular pain, fever, anemia and blocking of the intestinal lumen.