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Jars of Ascaris lumbricoides
Numerous analyses have found that people infected with roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides) are predisposed to harbor either many or few worms. Members of the same household also tend to harbor similar numbers of worms. This image shows 2,269 roundworms worms collected from 114 people in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The study (see Walker et al., doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0001047) analyzed worm count data before and after treatment to determine whether household has any effect on worm count.
Image Credit: Andrew Hall
Citation: (2011) PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases Issue Image | Vol. 5(4) April 2011. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 5(4): ev05.i04. https://doi.org/10.1371/image.pntd.v05.i04
Published: April 26, 2011
Copyright: © 2011 Walker et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Numerous analyses have found that people infected with roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides) are predisposed to harbor either many or few worms. Members of the same household also tend to harbor similar numbers of worms. This image shows 2,269 roundworms worms collected from 114 people in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The study (see Walker et al., doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0001047) analyzed worm count data before and after treatment to determine whether household has any effect on worm count.
Image Credit: Andrew Hall