Adult Dracunculus medinensis females inhabit the subcutaneous tissues of humans’ feet or lower limbs.

The roundworms cause transient swelling known as Calabar swellings.

The parasite obtains nutrients from the host by ingesting blood or by diffusion through its cuticle.

Brugia timori adults inhabit the lymphatic system of infected humans.

It is one of the three causative agents of lymphatic filariasis, Wuchereria bancrofti and Brugia timori being the other two.

The lymphatic filariasis caused by the filarial worm Wuchereria bancrofti is also called bancroftian filariasis.

Ascariasis is much more common in tropical and subtropical countries.

Although the parasite occurs exclusively in humans, infections have been reported from bonnet macaque.

The type of helminthiasis caused by the Nectar hookworm is called Necatoriasis.

The adult stage of Ancylostoma duodenale habitats in the lumen of the small intestine – commonly in the jejunum, less commonly in the duodenum, and rarely in the ileum.