| the role of dogs in transmission of ascaris lumbricoides for humans. | the dog's role as a definitive host for a number of zoonotic parasites has been widely studied and recognized as being a significant public health problem worldwide. this study aimed to report, for the first time, our investigation into the role of dogs as a biological transmitter for ascaris lumbricoides, via necropsy of a sample of rural stray dogs in a developing community in giza governorate, egypt, where promiscuous defecation by human was common, and examination for a. lumbricoides worms a ... | 2010 | 20162430 |