Ascaris lumbricoides

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Ascaris lumbricoides is a large parasitic roundworm that infects the human intestine and is a common cause of ascariasis worldwide.

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This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of an ascaris lumbricoides (Ascaris lumbricoides is a large parasitic roundworm that infects the human intestine and is a common cause of ascariasis worldwide.)

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Ascaris lumbricoides canonical 3
Ascaris 2
AscarisLumbricoides 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf nematode ⓘ
parasitic roundworm ⓘ
species ⓘ
binomialName Ascaris lumbricoides ⓘ
bodyCavityType pseudocoelomate ⓘ
bodySymmetry bilateral symmetry ⓘ
causes ascariasis ⓘ
commonName giant intestinal roundworm ⓘ
diagnosisMethod detection of eggs in feces ⓘ
stool microscopy ⓘ
domain Eukaryota ⓘ
linked to: Eukarya
eggCharacteristic environmentally resistant eggs ⓘ
thick-shelled eggs ⓘ
family Ascarididae ⓘ
genus Ascaris ⓘ
geographicDistribution subtropical regions ⓘ
tropical regions ⓘ
worldwide ⓘ
habitat human intestine ⓘ
hostType obligate human parasite ⓘ
infects human host ⓘ
human small intestine ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
lifeCycleStage adult worm ⓘ
egg ⓘ
larva ⓘ
morphology cylindrical body ⓘ
tapered ends ⓘ
oxygenRequirement aerobic organism ⓘ
phylum Nematoda ⓘ
prevention health education ⓘ
improved sanitation ⓘ
mass deworming programs ⓘ
reproduction sexual reproduction ⓘ
sex dioecious ⓘ
symptomAssociatedWithInfection abdominal pain ⓘ
growth retardation in children ⓘ
intestinal obstruction ⓘ
malnutrition ⓘ
taxonRank species ⓘ
transmissionAssociatedWith contaminated food ⓘ
contaminated soil ⓘ
poor sanitation ⓘ
transmissionRoute fecal-oral route ⓘ
ingestion of embryonated eggs ⓘ
treatment albendazole ⓘ
ivermectin ⓘ
mebendazole ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nematoda → includesTaxon → Ascaris lumbricoides ⓘ
Ascaris lumbricoides → genus → Ascaris ⓘ
linked to: Ascaris lumbricoides
Ascaris lumbricoides → binomialName → Ascaris lumbricoides ⓘ
Ascarididae → containsTaxon → Ascaris ⓘ
linked to: Ascaris lumbricoides
Ascarididae → notableSpecies → Ascaris lumbricoides ⓘ
Secernentea → containsSpecies → AscarisLumbricoides ⓘ
linked to: Ascaris lumbricoides