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swalexander.bsky.social
Maybe a Ascariasis (roundworms / ascarids)?
October 3, 2026 at 6:59 PM
isaacbogoch.bsky.social
Locally acquired ascariasis (an intestinal worm infection) is vary rare in Canada, but it can occur.

We report on a locally acquired case from Northern Ontario in @CMAJ.

Great work by Dr. Foote.

www.cmaj.ca/content/198/...
May 20, 2026 at 11:24 AM
rimaanabtawi.bsky.social
Next? Things like Toxoplasmosis, Cryptosporidiosis, Ascariasis, Free-living amebic infections- a rare but dangerous brain infection found in warm freshwater…. Chagas Disease.. all the other parasitic infections the lab kept track of.
amymaxmen.bsky.social Amy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen.bsky.social · Jul 17
DOGE axed the CDC team that tracks cyclospora. Now 1000s are sick, restaurants & hospitals scrambling. What's next?

“Cyclospora is just one piece. It's making the news right now, but there are other, more dangerous pathogens.”
By @emilymullin.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/cdc-cy...
The CDC Has a Cyclospora Lab. DOGE Downsized It Last Year
“Based on simple math, these outbreak responses—which require rapid, timely responses—are going to be greatly diminished,” the former CDC lab director tells WIRED.
www.wired.com
July 17, 2026 at 7:05 PM
soapachu.bsky.social
As a scuba diver I've travelled all over and variously had shigella, salmonella, ascariasis, giardiasis...all kinds of little fellow travellers. This isn't nearly as nasty as those, but I'm not feeling good at all. /Whinge
September 2, 2026 at 4:22 PM
fliptrych.bsky.social
Thank you to everyone in the aggie VC for listening to me give a 10 minute PowerPoint presentation about true crime worm drama
Sketch doodle of the Pepe Silvia meme but with the 1970 ascariasis poisoning incident. My fursona, a green lion with a leaves for hair, wears a shirt and tie and gestures frantically at a conspiracy board he's plastered across the wall. Phrases like, "ACQUITTED?", "OH WORM?", and "Festive Winter Carnival dinner" are scrawled on paper.
October 13, 2025 at 8:14 PM
medcrisis.bsky.social
MAKE ASCARIASIS GO AWAY
theserfstv.bsky.social The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · Sep 27
MAGA branded ivermectin kits. What a time to be alive.
Trump speech with Make Care Great Again ivermectin supply
October 24, 2024 at 8:22 PM
kamero.bsky.social
ascariasis
March 22, 2025 at 4:54 AM
jsussman.bsky.social
You’re basically right, but b/c I don’t want you hearing a dumb “gotcha” in future conversations: there are formulations of ivermectin approved for human use…against some parasites. (Scabies, ascariasis…) It’s just that for treating or preventing covid, it’s no more useful than, say, chemotherapy.
March 1, 2024 at 4:27 PM
shammaiintl.bsky.social
Ok, what do I do next. Sorry I'm not great with computers
Google search results for the phrase, "as parasite." The results are all about a parasitic disease called "ascariasis."
March 20, 2026 at 1:14 PM
hetanshah.bsky.social
What are the world’s deadliest animals? Great @ourworldindata.org chart giving a sense of magnitudes of numbers of humans killed by different animals in 2023. Only mosquitoes beat humans in their deadliness!
ourworldindata.org/deadliest-an...
What are the world's deadliest animals? Estimated number of humans killed by animals per year (2023): Mosquitoes: 760,000 Humans: 600,000 Snakes: 100,000 Dogs: 40,000 Freshwater snails (Schistosomiasis): 14,000 Kissing bugs (Chagas disease): 8,000 Sandflies (Leishmaniasis): 5,000 Roundworms (Ascariasis): 5,000 Scorpions: 3,000 Tapeworms (Cysticercosis): 2,000 Tsetse flies (Trypanosomiasis): 1,500 Elephants: 1,000 Bees, wasps and hornets: 500 Big cats: 300 Crocodiles: more than 150 Jellyfish: 100 Hippopotamuses: more than 50 Spiders: 50 Bears: 20 Sharks: 6 Gray wolves: 5 Source: Our World in Data, drawing on Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, World Health Organization, CrocAttack, IUCN, ISAF, and others. Figures are rounded estimates used for relative magnitude comparisons.
March 27, 2026 at 5:16 PM
jthrankson.bsky.social
“Dr. Abraham spent decades as a physician & veterinarian before winning a congressional seat representing La. in 2014. He retired from Congress 2020.”-NYT

Ivermectin is an anti parasite medication used to treat head lice, onchocerciasis, strongyloidiasis, ascariasis, trichuriasis, & enterobiasis.
November 25, 2025 at 7:55 PM
pupatlas.bsky.social
Also, ascariasis infections.
April 15, 2026 at 9:31 PM
johnrossmd.bsky.social
Russian outbreak of infection with multiple parasitic flukes and worms blamed on North Korean migrants. If true, this suggests that population health in North Korea is really, really bad.
Surge in Parasite Infections in Small Russian Coal Town Blamed on Influx of North Korean Workers
According to a 2025 epidemiological report recently released by health authorities in Russia's Rostov Oblast, cases of soil-transmitted parasitic infections such as trichuriasis and ascariasis, as wel...
news.sbs.co.kr
September 1, 2026 at 10:05 PM
van-der-beer.bsky.social
Ivermectin was approved for human use in 1987 [10]. It is an anti-parasitic treatment for infestations, including head lice, scabies, river blindness (onchocerciasis), strongyloidiasis, trichuriasis, ascariasis, and lymphatic filariasis. I think MAGA treats their head lice and scabies.
May 7, 2026 at 3:49 AM
outbreaknews.bsky.social
Locally acquired #ascariasis in northern #Ontario #Canada #parasites #roundworms #Ascaris
www.cmaj.ca/content/198/...
May 21, 2026 at 12:00 AM
pwhickey.bsky.social
Congratulations to Major (Dr) Elena Crecelius, 3rd year Peds ID fellow from Walter Reed, for her outstanding talk this morning at #ASTMH on the topic: Ascariasis, Trichuriasis and Intestinal Hookworm Infections - Clinical Presentation and Association with International Travel
#IDSky
Major Crecelius, wearing a dress blue Army uniform stands at a lectern upon a podium with one of the slides from her research presentation shown to her right. The slide is titled: comparing pediatric and adult populations. The slide content is: Children were: • More frequently diagnosed after asymptomatic presentation (31 v. 21.7%, p=0.13) • Less likely to have anti-helminthic medication prescribed (88 v. 96.2%, p=0.03). Adults were: • More likely to have stool O+P ordered at initial visit (47.2 v 31%, p=0.03) • More frequently born in a "high risk" country (10.4 v. 4%, p=0.08)
November 16, 2024 at 2:52 PM
mdwallach.bsky.social
You haven’t lived until you’ve gone around the splenic flexure face first into a pile of ascariasis
October 25, 2024 at 2:26 PM
asm.org
Despite its rarity, gastric ascariasis—caused by the parasitic roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides—can cause various non-specific yet distressing GI symptoms and should be considered in those with risk factors for helminthic infections. #ASMCaseReports: asm.social/2Ru
Retrieved A. lumbricoides on specimen dish. (Inset) Magnified view of oral orifice of A. lumbricoides.
March 24, 2026 at 5:52 PM
yalesph.bsky.social
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References * CDC. (1999, July 30). Achievements in public health, 1900-1999: control of infectious diseases. CDC MMWR Weekly, 48(29), 621-629. * Dattani, S., Rodes-Guirao, L., Ritchie, H., Ortiz-Ospina, E., & Roser, M. (2023). Life Expectancy. Our World in Data. * Esrey, S. A., Potash, J. B., Roberts, L., & Shiff, C. (1991). Effects of improved water supply and sanitation on ascariasis, diarrhoea, dracunculiasis, hookworm infection, schistosomiasis, and trachoma. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 69(5), 609–621. * O'Neill, A. (2024, February 2). United States: child mortality rate 1800-2020. Statista. * Schneider, E. B. (2022). The effect of nutritional status on historical infectious disease morbidity: evidence from the London Foundling Hospital, 1892-1919. The History of the Family, 28(2), 198–228. * Steier, J. (2025, October 3). Why I Shower After Flying (And Why That's Not Enough). Substack.com; Unbiased Science. * @YaleSPH x @Your_Local_Epidemiologist x @ScienceWhizLiz x @ScienceWithAnni x @DrHigginsMd x @DrScottHadland
October 9, 2025 at 7:06 PM
azkelpie.bsky.social
Drove to ultra, ULTRA conservative, (retiree mecca) Green Valley today to do some banking and spotted this sign.

I can't believe this is still a thing!

Keep drinking the cool aid kids... the sooner you're gone the better for the rest of us!!! #GreenValleyAZ #Tucson #Ivermectin #COVID-19
Ivermectin is an antiparasitic medication.[7] After its discovery in 1975,[8] its first uses were in veterinary medicine to prevent and treat heartworm and acariasis.[9] Approved for human use in 1987,[10] it is used to treat infestations including head lice, scabies, river blindness (onchocerciasis), strongyloidiasis, trichuriasis, ascariasis and lymphatic filariasis.
November 22, 2025 at 12:38 AM
pouringpotions.bsky.social
😱 10-inch worms living in her stomach?!

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#ParasiticInfection #Ascariasis #IntestinalWorms #TropicalMedicine #GlobalHealth #WormInfestation #MedicalReels #HealthAwareness #PublicHealth #InfectiousDisease #Albendazole
August 11, 2025 at 11:23 PM
#OTILT Ascariasis is a roundworm infection and the most common human parasitic infection. An adult Ascaris worm can live about 1-2 years in the small intestine and lay up to 250,000 eggs per day, which can be observed in the patient’s stool to confirm Ascaris infection.
Ascariasis
Approximately one billion people worldwide are infected with Ascaris lumbricoides, and more than 60,000 people die from the disease annually. It affects mostly tropical and subtropical countries aroun...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
September 22, 2025 at 7:27 PM
bodyradgal.bsky.social
Oh no- a swing and a miss on Ascariasis at #RSNA24 Jeopardy
a panda bear from kung fu panda is smiling and saying ouch ...
Alt: a panda bear from kung fu panda is smiling and saying ouch ...
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December 4, 2024 at 5:09 PM