Definition of Helminthiasis. Meaning of Helminthiasis. Synonyms of Helminthiasis

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Definition of Helminthiasis

Helminthiasis
Helminthiasis Hel`min*thi"a*sis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? to suffer from worms, fr. ?, ?, a worm.] (Med.) A disease in which worms are present in some part of the body.

Meaning of Helminthiasis from wikipedia

- such as BCG, measles, and Hepatitis B. Chronic helminthiasis may cause severe morbidity. Helminthiasis has been found to result in poor birth outcome...
- Soil-transmitted helminthiasis is a type of worm infection (helminthiasis) caused by different species of roundworms. It is caused specifically by worms...
- helminths are intestinal parasites. An infection by a helminth is known as helminthiasis, helminth infection, or intestinal worm infection. There is a naming...
- used to treat people who are infected by helminths, a condition called helminthiasis. These drugs are also used to treat infected animals, particularly small...
- infestation is known as pinworm infection (enterobiasis) (a type of helminthiasis) or less precisely as oxyuriasis in reference to the family Oxyuridae...
- Artemisinin (/ˌɑːrtɪˈmiːsɪnɪn/) and its semisynthetic derivatives are a group of drugs used in the treatment of malaria due to Plasmodium fal****rum. It...
- forms are essentially parasites of humans, causing soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH), but also infect domesticated mammals. The juveniles are the infective...
- and lymphatic filariasis, there is no global commitment to eliminate helminthiasis (worm infections); however, the London Declaration on Neglected Tropical...
- roundworm (a type of helminth) that causes trichuriasis (a type of helminthiasis which is one of the neglected tropical diseases) when it infects a human...
- Mosquito-borne diseases or mosquito-borne illnesses are diseases caused by bacteria, viruses or parasites transmitted by mosquitoes. Nearly 700 million...