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Family of roundworms
The Ascarididae are a family of the large intestinal
roundworms . Members of the family are
intestinal parasites , infecting all
classes of
vertebrates .
[1]
[2] It includes a number of
genera ,
[3] the most well known of which are:
Ascaris lumbricoides is the main ascarid parasite of humans, causing
ascariasis .
References
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PMID
16894732 .
^ Nadler SA, Carreno RA, Mejia-Madrid H, Ullberg J, Pagan C, Houston R, Hugot JP (2007).
"Molecular phylogeny of clade III nematodes reveals multiple origins of tissue parasitism" . Parasitology . 134 (10): 1421–1442.
doi :
10.1017/S0031182007002880 .
PMID
17506928 .
S2CID
2182134 .
^ Anderson RC (2000).
Nematode Parasites of Vertebrates. Their Development and Transmission, 2nd ed. CAB International, Wallingford, Oxon, UK, pp. 245-315.
ISBN
0-85199-421-0
^ Poinar Jr, G. and Boucot, A. J. (2006) Evidence of intestinal parasites of dinosaurs. Parasitology , 133 : 245-249.
^ Sprent, J. F. A. (1985).
"Ascaridoid Nematodes of Amphibians and Reptiles: Seuratascaris n. g." Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée . 60 (3): 231–246.
doi :
10.1051/parasite/1985603231 .
ISSN
0003-4150 .
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