Why must fertilised eggs of Ascaris remain in soil for weeks before they can infect a person?

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The optimal condition for ascaris lumbricoids eggs fertilisation is in moist,warm shaded.Human body is not suitable condition for egg fertilisation and may become ineffective.Only the fertiled eggs under optimal condition can become infectious.

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