Ascaris lumbricoides or Ascaris suum: What's in a Name?

Affiliations

¹ School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Surrey, Guildford.
² Department of Parasitology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom.

Comment

Martha Betson et al. J Infect Dis. 2016.

. 2016 Apr 15;213(8):1355-6.

doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiw037. Epub 2016 Feb 4.

¹ School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Surrey, Guildford.
² Department of Parasitology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom.

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Molecular epidemiology of ascariasis: a global perspective on the transmission dynamics of Ascaris in people and pigs.
Betson M, Nejsum P, Bendall RP, Deb RM, Stothard JR. Betson M, et al. J Infect Dis. 2014 Sep 15;210(6):932-41. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiu193. Epub 2014 Mar 31. J Infect Dis. 2014. PMID: 24688073 Free PMC article.
Ascaris lumbricoides, Ascaris suum, or "Ascaris lumbrisuum"?
da Silva Alves EB, Conceição MJ, Leles D. da Silva Alves EB, et al. J Infect Dis. 2016 Apr 15;213(8):1355. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiw027. Epub 2016 Feb 4. J Infect Dis. 2016. PMID: 26908753 No abstract available.

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