VHOSPITAL.CLINIC · Ascariasis
Ascariasis is the most prevalent human helminthic infection worldwide, caused by Ascaris lumbricoides. It can cause pulmonary symptoms during larval migration and intestinal obstruction in heavy infections. Albendazole is the drug of choice.
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