As some worms die and are passed out in the stools (faeces), others may be growing to take their place. In areas where roundworms are common, children can be continuously infected. The spread of infection is also increasing in line with increased travel and mobility. The number of roundworm infections throughout the world is generally increasing but varies according to levels of poverty, natural disasters and human conflicts. The common ones are roundworm, pinworm, tapeworm, hookworm etc. Worms are intestinal parasites, which infest human beings as well as animals like cats, dogs etc.

It can be caused by the larvae of various nematodes that get into the skin. Human intestinal parasites are usually intestinal worms that live in the small or large intestine and use the stool or blood from intestinal wall as a source of food. Threadworm (pinworm) - see separate leaflet called Threadworms for more detail.Ĭutaneous larva migrans is a skin infection that causes a rash.Body cavity filariasis - caused by the worms Mansonella perstans and Mansonella ozzardi.Booster vaccinations should be given for life. Rabies Vaccine (adjuvanted) A vaccine for rabies, a contagious and uniformly fatal viral disease that is transmissible to humans. Our kitten packages include deworming to proactively treat these. Cutaneous filariasis - caused by Loa loa (the African eye worm), Mansonella streptocerca and Onchocerca volvulus. Roundworms and hookworms are two of the most common intestinal parasites of kittens.Lymphatic filariasis - caused by the worms Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi, and Brugia timori.

There are eight known filarial nematodes which use humans as the host. Filariasis, which is caused by thread-like filarial nematodes (roundworms) in the family Filarioidea (also known as filariae).Ascaris lumbricoides (also called human roundworm), which is the most common roundworm infection, and affects as many as one billion people worldwide.

Roundworms and hookworms in humans