hookworm|hookworms in English

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any of a number of parasitic blood-sucking worms which inhabit the intestines of humans and other animals

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1. Ankylostomiasis, Hookworms, Ancylostoma duodenale, Necator americanus Disease name / synonyms Hookworm infection / Ankylostomiasis Definition / diagnostic criteria Ankylostomiasis is an intestinal infection caused by one of the two hookworms species (Ancylostoma duodenale - Necator americanus)

2. Since N. americanus and Ancylostoma duodenale (also known as Old World hookworm) are the two species of hookworms that most commonly infest humans, they are usually dealt with under the collective heading of "hookworm infection".

3. Ascarids and Hookworms Ascarids (Toxocara spp.) and hookworms (Ancylostoma spp

4. Ankylostomiasis definition, hookworm (def

5. -Ascarids -hookworms and relatives-whipworms-heartworms-pinworms-lungworms-threadworms-misc

6. Till 1921 the two hookworms were accepted as a two valid species.

7. Like other hookworms, it is a member of the phylum Nematoda.

8. Mebendazole - an Anthelmintic used to treat hookworm and pinworm and roundworm infestations.

9. Ascaris, hookworm, and whipworm are parasitic worms known as soil-transmitted helminths (STH)

10. Other important issues related to the treatment of hookworm are reinfection and drug resistance.

11. This substantiates prior claims that albendazole is much more effective than mebendazole for hookworm infections.

12. It is most often confused with the zoonotic hookworm species Ancylostoma ceylanicum because of their uncanny resemblance.

13. A few years ago, a well-known research immunologist injected himself with hookworms and reduced his allergic symptoms (shudder).

14. Ascaris lumbricoides, along with whipworm and hookworm, is a type of parasite known as a soil-transmitted helminth (STH)

15. Hookworms are parasites of the small intestine and the three genera of veterinary importance are Ancylostoma, Uncinaria(http://Sentencedict.com), and Bunostomum.

16. Ascarids, also known as roundworms, are parasitic intestinal worms. Among the worms affecting dogs (i.e., hookworms, tapeworms, whipworms), Ascarids are the most common

17. Some studies even show that 80% of pretreatment hookworm infection rates can be seen in treated communities within 30–36 months.

18. Not only can Ascarids and hookworms cause disease in their respective hosts, they are also well-known causes of larva migrans syndromes in …

19. Ankylostomiasis a human disease in which the lining of the small intestine becomes heavily infested with adults of the hookworm Ancylostoma, causing a lethargic, anaemic state

20. Pregnant women affected by a hookworm infection can also develop aneamia, which results in negative outcomes both for the mother and the infant.

21. He founded the Rockefeller Sanitary Commission in 1909, an organization that eventually eradicated the hookworm disease, which had long plagued rural areas of the American South.

22. A 2008 review found that the efficacy of single-dose treatments for hookworm infections were as follows: 72% for albendazole, 15% for mebendazole, and 31% for pyrantel pamoate.

23. Ankylostomiasis a human disease in which the lining of the small intestine becomes heavily infested with adults of the hookworm Ancylostoma, causing a lethargic, anaemic state

24. As a consequence, “millions upon millions of human beings in Asia, Africa, and Latin America suffer and die every year from hookworm disease, African sleeping sickness, or malaria.”

25. Medical Definition of Burrow : a passage or gallery formed in or under the skin by the wandering of a parasite (as the mite of scabies or a foreign hookworm) Other Words from Burrow