Intestinal nematode infections.
This article discusses strongyloidiasis, hookworm infection, trichostrongyliasis, ascariasis, trichuriasis (whipworm infection), and enterobiasis (pinworm infection). For each infection, the author describes the organism, the epidemiology and geographic distribution, symptomatology and pathogenesis, and diagnosis and treatment.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D001196:Ascariasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006725:Hookworm Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic; D008297:Male; D008463:Mebendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009349:Nematode Infections; D010123:Oxyuriasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D010879:Piperazines / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011716:Pyrantel Pamoate / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013321:Strongyloides / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology; D013322:Strongyloidiasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D013827:Thiabendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014253:Trichostrongylosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D014257:Trichuriasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology
D010879:Piperazines; C006589:piperazine citrate; D011716:Pyrantel Pamoate; D008463:Mebendazole; D013827:Thiabendazole