The Ascarididae are a family of the large intestinal roundworms.

Members of the family are intestinal parasites, infecting all classes of vertebrates.

[1][2] It includes a number of genera,[3] the most well known of which are: Ascaris lumbricoides is the main ascarid parasite of humans, causing ascariasis.

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