Roundworm infections are diseases of the digestive tract and other organ systems caused by nematodes--parasitic worms with long, cylindrical bodies. Roundworm infections are widespread throughout the world, and humans acquire most types of roundworm...

Gnathostomiasis is the human infection by the nematode (roundworm) Gnathostoma spinigerum and/or Gnathostoma hispidum, which infects vertebrate animals. Specifically, the disease is due to migrating immature...