Helminths: Parasitic Metazoans, and Prevention

Introduction Worm (worm) is a parasitic metazoan group. Soil-borne helminth infections or helminthiasis (STH) are caused by these parasites; Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura and hookworms (Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus). Adults live in the intestines, so they are also known as intestinal parasites. STH is currently the most common human parasitic infection in the world, surpassing the most common parasites infecting malaria.

The worm exists as a parasite in the aquatic and terrestrial environment or has no host. There are several types; the most common ones in the world are intestinal nematodes or soil contagious worms (STH), schistosomiasis (parasites of schistosomiasis), and filaria, which are lymphatic It causes filariasis (LF) and onchocerciasis. An estimated 819 million people worldwide are infected with aphids (general aphids), 464 million of whom have whipworm, and 438 million have hookworms. Infectious diseases are most common in hygienic and inadequate warm and humid equatorial areas and rural areas. Of the 5.2 million disabled adaptive lifetime (DALY) caused by STH worldwide, 62% are attributed to hookworms

Introduction Worm (worm) is a parasitic metazoan group. Soil-borne helminth infections or helminthiasis (STH) are caused by these parasites; Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura and hookworms (Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus). Adults live in the intestines, so they are also known as intestinal parasites. STH is currently the most common human parasitic infection in the world, surpassing the most common parasites infecting malaria.