de Silva, N.R.Guyatt, H.L.Bundy, D.A.P.2014-10-292014-10-291997Tropical Medicine and International Health. 1997; 2(2): pp.189-1901360-2276 (Print)1365-3156 (Electronic)http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/1323Indexed in MEDLINEExamination of 24 case reports suggests the worm burden in those presenting to hospital with intestinal obstruction is > 60 and is about tenfold higher in fatal cases.Ascariasis-complicationsAscariasis-parasitologyAscaris lumbricoides-isolation and purificationIntestinal Obstruction-etiologyIntestinal Obstruction-parasitologyReviewParasitology