Ascaris suum, also known as the large roundworm of pig, is a parasitic nematode that causes ascariasis in pigs. While roundworms in pigs and humans are today considered as two species (A. suum and A. lumbricoides) with different hosts, cross-infection between humans and pigs is possible; some researchers have thus argued they are the same species.[1] Ascariasis is associated with contact to pigs and pig manure in Denmark.[2]
A. suum is distributed worldwide and grows up to 40 cm (16 in) in length. Ascaris infections are treated with ascaricides. A. suum is in the family Ascarididae, and is one of the oldest associations to mankind.
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^Nejsum, Peter; Parker, E. Davis; Frydenberg, Jane; Roepstorff, Allan; Boes, Jaap; Haque, Rashidul; Astrup, Ingrid; Prag, Jørgen; Sørensen, Uffe B. Skov (2005-03-01). "Ascariasis is a zoonosis in Denmark". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 43 (3): 1142–1148. doi:10.1128/JCM.43.3.1142-1148.2005. PMC 1081283. PMID 15750075.
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infection. It has been proposed that Ascaris lumbricoides and Ascarissuum (pig roundworm) are the same species. Ascaris lumbricoides, a roundworm, infects...
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the proton gradient. In some eukaryotes, such as the parasitic worm Ascarissuum, an enzyme similar to complex II, fumarate reductase (menaquinol:fumarate...
infections are Baylisascaris procyonis, Toxocara canis, Toxocara cati, and Ascarissuum. These nematodes can infect but not mature in humans and after migrating...
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by pepsin inhibitor-3 (PI-3) produced by the large roundworm of pig (Ascarissuum). PI-3 occupies the active site of pepsin using its N-terminal residues...
comparisons. Some examples include O.volvulus (50% identity; Ov-SXP-1), Ascarissuum (43%; As-SXP-1), Loa loa (46%; Li-SXP-1), and C.elegans (29%; Ce-SXP-1)...
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SdhA (Fp subunits type I and type II), these isoforms are also found in Ascarissuum and Caenorhabditis elegans. The subunits form a membrane-bound cytochrome...
Boveri). In this process, found in some copepods and roundworms such as Ascarissuum, portions of the chromosomes are cast away in particular cells. This...
Morphine increases the latency of this defensive response in the parasitic Ascarissuum. In a study on the effects of opiates in Caenorhabditis elegans, 76%...
anthelmintic emodepside at the neuromuscular junction of the parasitic nematode Ascarissuum". Parasitology. 126 (Pt 1): 79–86. doi:10.1017/S0031182002002639. PMID 12613766...
opiate antagonists on heat latency response in the parasitic nematode Ascarissuum". Life Sciences. 80 (18): 1650–1655. doi:10.1016/j.lfs.2007.01.011. PMID 17363006...
in the prevention of migration and establishment of large roundworm (Ascarissuum) infections; aid in the prevention of establishment of nodular worm (Oesophagostomum)...
"Transmission dynamics of helminth parasites of pigs on continuous pasture: Ascarissuum and Trichuris suis". Int. J. Parasitol. 27 (5): 563–72. doi:10...
damage. This infection established a baseline case or index case for Ascarissuum infection in humans. Doctors had originally consulted Walter Reed Army...
against different helminth parasites, including the nematodes such as Ascarissuum, Ascaris lumbricoides, Ascaridia galli, Heterakis gallinarum, a cestode Raillietina...
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related. In its native habitat, this species preys on eggs of the parasite Ascarissuum, which survive and develop after passage through the gut, and are dispersed...
expression of paucimannosidic glycans by others parasitic nematodes such as Ascarissuum, Heligmosomoides polygyrus and Trichuris suis. Most plant species studied...
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