If a person ingests the eggs of Ascaris lumbricoides, the roundworm will progress through its life cycle within the host’s body. The stages of a roundworm’s life are as follows: Share on ...

lumbricoides called A ... which leave the host with the feces and start the life cycle again). Ingested Ascaris eggs in mice do hatch and, as larvae, start their normal migration to the liver ...

Most of the cases are found in the developing world, but Ascaris infection was prevalent in 1940s and 1950s Ireland, and some cases are still reported. The worm has a complex life cycle inside ...

IN March 1950, a fæcal specimen was collected from a patient in the Brisbane General Hospital, who was infected with Ascaris lumbricoides. This was preserved by the addition of hot 10 per cent ...