MEDICS were shocked to learn a little boy’s constipation was in fact dozens of worms blocking his digestive tract. The three-year-old was rushed to a hospital in Indonesia after he was left ...

Doctors carried out a laparotomy — when an incision is made in the abdomen — and discovered the worms blocking three separate areas of his small intestine. Identified as ascaris lumbricoides ...

A 3-year-old boy in Indonesia was misdiagnosed with constipation — until he vomited worms. Surgeons found his intestines ...

The southeastern region is the portion of United States most affected. Adult Ascaris worms may grow to a few inches in length, and tend to live within the jejunum. Following infection, the worms ...

Sarah Williams-Blangero and colleagues from Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research show that genes on chromosomes 1 and 13 are significant for the human infection with the roundworm Ascaris ...

This lithograph illustrates the high quality of the visualization techniques used in 1901 for documenting the cellular structures involved in cell division. The figure shows chromosomes in the ...