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Q: How are the roundworms of the genus Ascaris transmitted from one host to another?
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What is the taxonomic category of ascaris?

The taxonomic category of Ascaris is a genus within the phylum Nematoda, which are commonly referred to as roundworms.


What is a common roundworm of hogs and man?

This is probably the genus Ascaris. However, there are very few roundworms that can infect both pigs and humans, and these are not common in the developed world.


What is the botanic name for ascaris?

There is no such thing as a "botanic name", and the ascaris, which is a roundworm, is a parasite of mammals, not plants. The genus Ascaris contains 17 known species, each of which has a different specific name.You may have meant to ask "what is the scientific name of the ascaris species that infects humans", in which case the answer would be Ascaris lumbricoides.


Is a ascaris a flatworm?

Ascarids are not vertebrates; they are of the genus Ascaridae, parasitic nematodes generally thought of as intestinal roundworms. Parascaris equorum, the equine roundworm and probably the most common Ascarid, infects horses, donkeys, and zebras, but is not known to infect humans or other animals. Ascarids are usually species-specific -- Ascaris lumbricoides affects humans and causes the disease ascariasis while Ascaris suum infects pigs, but there is a possibility that these two species may cross-infect humans and pigs.


What is a trichenella?

First of all it is spelled trichinella. Trichinella is the genus of parasitic roundworms of the phylum Nematoda that cause trichinosis. Members of this genus are often called trichinella.


Scientific name of ascaris?

Ascaris is a genus of parasitic nematode worms. One species, A. suum, typically infects pigs, while another, A. lumbricoides, affects human populations, typically in sub-tropical and tropical areas with poor sanitation. A. lumbricoides is the largest intestinal roundworm and is the most common helminth infection of humans worldwide, an infection known as ascariasis. It belongs the kingdom anamalia,


What is babesiasis?

Babesiasis is a disease caused by infection by protozoa of the genus Babesia - usually transmitted by tics.


What is the name of the pathogenic worm that lives in the muscles of some animals such as pigs?

Trichina or Trichinella is the genus of parasitic roundworms of the phylum Nematoda that cause trichinosis.


Which mosquito is the root cause for spread of malaria?

Malaria is transmitted among humans by female mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles.


What is an arenavirus?

An arenavirus is any of a group of RNA virus of the genus Arenavirus, most of which cause severe diseases transmitted by rodents.


Can a guy impregnate a monkey?

No. A member of one genus of animal cannot impregnate a member of another genus.


What is a sacalait?

A sacalait is another name for the crappie, a genus of North American freshwater fish.