{"id":14678,"date":"2023-08-29T09:08:53","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T03:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=14678"},"modified":"2025-04-02T22:15:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T16:45:13","slug":"ophidascaris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ophidascaris\/","title":{"rendered":"Ophidascaris robertsi"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Why in news?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is the <strong>first-ever human case<\/strong> of Ophidascaris robertsi roundworm.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>About Ophidascaris robertsi:\u00a0<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>It is the <strong>parasitic roundworm<\/strong>, typically <strong>found in carpet pythons.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It typically lives in a python\u2019s <strong>esophagus and stomach<\/strong>, and sheds its eggs in the host\u2019s faeces.<\/li>\n<li>Humans infected with Ophidascaris robertsi larvae would be considered accidental hosts.<\/li>\n<li>Roundworms are <strong>incredibly resilient <\/strong>and able to thrive in <strong>a wide range of environments<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>In humans, they can cause stomach pain, vomiting, diarrhoea, appetite and weight loss, fever and tiredness.This infection <strong>does not transmit between people.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u00a0<\/h3>\n<h3>Key facts about carpet pythons<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Morelia spilota,<\/strong> commonly referred to as the carpet python is a large snake of the family Pythonidae\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It is found in <strong>Australia, New Guinea<\/strong> (Indonesia and Papua New Guinea), Bismarck Archipelago, and <strong>the northern Solomon Islands.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Conservation status<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>IUCN: <\/strong>Least concern<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1)\u00a0What is Roundworm?<\/h3>\n<p>Roundworms, also known as nematodes, are a diverse group of worms belonging to the phylum Nematoda. They are one of the most abundant and widespread groups of animals on Earth, found in various habitats ranging from soil and water to plants and animals. Roundworms come in a wide range of sizes, from microscopic to several meters in length.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wionews.com\/science\/from-snakes-to-humans-live-parasitic-roundworm-discovered-in-australian-womans-brain-629982\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>From snakes to humans: Live parasitic roundworm discovered in Australian woman&#8217;s brain<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ophidascaris robertsi is the parasitic roundworm, typically found in carpet pythons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":14679,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-14678","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}