Hookworm photograph

Hookworm

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Representative speciesAncylostoma duodenale
Necator americanus
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ID1216994
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About Hookworm


Hookworms are intestinal, blood-feeding, parasitic roundworms that cause types of infection known as helminthiases. In humans, hookworm infections are caused by two main species of roundworm belonging to the genera Ancylostoma and Necator. In other animals the main parasites are species of Ancylostoma.

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