Host gastric corpus microenvironment facilitates Ascaris suum larval hatching and infection in a murine model.

• Main Authors: Yifan Wu (Author), Grace Adeniyi-Ipadeola (Author), Mahliyah Adkins-Threats (Author), Matthew Seasock (Author), Charlie Suarez-Reyes (Author), Ricardo Fujiwara (Author), Maria Elena Bottazzi (Author), Lizhen Song (Author), Jason C Mills (Author), Jill E Weatherhead (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2024-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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Ascariasis (roundworm) is the most common parasitic helminth infection globally and can lead to significant morbidity in children including chronic lung disease. Children become infected with Ascaris spp. via oral ingestion of eggs. It has long been assumed that Ascaris egg hatching and larval trans...