- This article is about drugs to treat roundworm infections. See acaricides for pesticides that kill mites.
Ascaricides are
drugs to treat
ascariasis that is caused by infections with
parasitic nematodes (
roundworms) of the genus
Ascaris (
giant intestinal roundworms). The
large roundworm of pigs (
Ascaris suum) typically infects
pigs while
Ascaris lumbricoides affects human populations, typically in sub-tropical and tropical areas with poor sanitation. Ascaricides belong to the group of drugs collectively called
anthelmintics which expel parasitic worms (
helminths) and other internal parasites from the body by either stunning or killing them and without causing significant damage to the host.
