Parasitic nematodes, also know as roundworms, cause diseases in a variety of organs. Their larva can cause disease by migrating through the body. Pinworms@ (9) 1. WHO/OMS: Intestinal Nematodes - Factsheets and publications. 2. Angiostrongyliasis - CDC DPDx - Factsheet with causal agents, life cycle, geographic distribution, laboratory diagnosis, and treatment. 3. Anisakiasis - Humans are infected by consuming raw or undercooked fish. Features symptoms, effects on the body, and cause of the disease. 4. Anisakiasis - CDC DPDx - nematode Factsheet with causal agents, life cycle, geographic distribution, laboratory diagnosis, and treatment. 5. Anisakis simplex and related worms: Bad Bug Book - Features cause, symptoms, diagnosis, complications, associated foods, target populations, and outbreaks. 6. Ascariasis - Disease fact sheet from the World Health Organization, prepared for World Water Day 2001. 7. Ascariasis: Kidshealth - Factsheet with signs and symptoms, treatment, and tips for prevention. 8. Ascaris Infection - CDC Division of Parasitic Diseases - Includes factsheets on organism and the disease it causes, news releases, and reports. 9. Ascaris lumbricoides - Includes images, life cycle, and the pathology the nematode causes. 10. Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura: Bad Bug Book - Features cause, symptoms, diagnosis, complications, associated foods, target populations, and outbreaks. 11. Baylisascaris Infection Fact Sheet - CDC Division of Parasitic Diseases NEW! - Includes factsheets on the raccoon roundworm and the disease it causes, news releases, and reports. 12. Baylisascaris procyonis: An Emerging Helminthic Zoonosis - Scientific and medical article on the raccoon roundworm and its effects on people. 13. Capillariasis - CDC DPDx - Factsheet with causal agents, life cycle, geographic distribution, laboratory diagnosis, and treatment. 14. Creeping Eruption: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia - Features cause, risk factors, symptoms, tests, treatment, complications, and prevention. 15. eMedicine - Ascariasis - Article by Michael E Greenberg, MD, MPH. 16. eMedicine - Cutaneous Larva Migrans - Article by Margaret C Douglass, MD. 17. eMedicine - Hookworms - Article by David R Haburchak, MD. 18. eMedicine - Nematode Infections - Article by Murat Hökelek, MD, PhD. 19. eMedicine - Strongyloidiasis - Article by Hari Polenakovik, MD. 20. eMedicine - Toxocariasis - Article by Sun Huh, MD, PhD. 21. eMedicine - Trichinosis - Article by L Kristian Arnold, MD. 22. eMedicine - Trichinosis - Article by Clinton Murray, MD. 23. Eustrongylides sp. : Bad Bug Book - Features cause, symptoms, diagnosis, complications, associated foods, target populations, and outbreaks. 24. Gnathostomiasis - CDC DPDx - Factsheet with causal agents, life cycle, geographic distribution, laboratory diagnosis, and treatment. Human gnathostomiasis is due to migrating immature worms. 25. Guinea Worm Disease Facts - Factsheet with cause, geographic distribution, at risk poulation, symptoms, prevention, and treatment. 26. Guinea Worm Disease or Dracunculiasis - CDC Division of Parasitic Diseases - Includes factsheets on the organism and the disease it causes, news releases, and reports. 27. Guinea Worm or Dracunculiasis: WHO - Features disease information and status, control activities, and links. 28. Hookworm : MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia - Features cause, risk factors, symptoms, tests, treatment, complications, and prevention. 29. Hookworm Infection - CDC Division of Parasitic Diseases - Includes factsheets on the organism and the disease it causes, news releases, and reports. 30. MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Ascariasis - Features cause, risk factors, symptoms, tests, treatment, complications, and prevention. 31. Medmicro: Enteric Nematodes of Humans - Medical and scientific information on the organisms and the diseases they cause. 32. Parasitic Roundworm Diseases - Factsheets on nematodes that infect people. 33. Strongyloidiasis - CDC DPDx - Factsheet with causal agents, life cycle, geographic distribution, laboratory diagnosis, and treatment. 34. Toxocariasis Fact Sheet - CDC Division of Parasitic Diseases - Includes cause, symptoms, prevention, and treatment. 35. Toxocariasis: Kidshealth - Toxocara are common parasites of dogs and cats. When they infect humans, the illness is called toxocariasis or visceral larva migrans. 36. Trichinella: Food Safety Research Information Office - Directory of factsheets, reports, press releases, and resources on the parasite and its effects. 37. Trichinosis - CDC Division of Parasitic Diseases - Includes factsheets on the organism and the disease it causes, news releases, and reports. 38. Trichinosis: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia - Features cause, risk factors, symptoms, tests, treatment, complications, and prevention. 39. Trichuriasis - CDC DPDx - Factsheet with causal agents, life cycle, geographic distribution, laboratory diagnosis, and treatment. 40. What Is A Hookworm Infection or Ancylostomiasis? - Features images, cause, treatment, symptoms, and prevention. 41. WHO: Water related diseases: Ascariasis - Factsheet with disease information, distribution, scope of the problem, and prevention.

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