Hookworm Infection

Hookworm Infection
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Hookworm Infection: A parasitic disease associated with dogs and cats and their environment.
Leishmania Infection (leishmaniasis): A parasitic disease associated with dogs and sand flies outside the United States.

Hookworm infection
This gut infection is the most common cause of iron deficiency anaemia worldwide. It affects people living in, and visiting, certain tropical countries. The worm feeds off blood inside the gut.

Hookworm infection: A hookworm infection is caused by one of two different types of roundworms: Ancylostoma duodenale or Necator americanus. If not treated, Hookworm infections can lead to abdominal pain and iron deficiency.

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Hookworm infection may cause not only the depletion of blood, but also the permanent loss of iron and blood proteins. This creates an iron deficiency anemia and protein malnutrition that can, in severe cases, be fatal.

Hookworm infection is contracted from contact with soil contaminated by hookworm, by walking barefoot or accidentally swallowing contaminated soil. Children -- because they play in dirt and often go barefoot -- are at high risk.

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Hookworm (ancylostomiasis): A hookworm infection occurs when larvae come into contact with human skin, through contaminated soil or feces.

Hookworm infection in humans is caused by infestation with Ancylostoma duodenale (the European species) or with Necator americanus (the American species).

Life Cycle (intestinal hookworm infection):
Eggs are passed in the stool , and under favorable conditions (moisture, warmth, shade), larvae hatch in 1 to 2 days.

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Always wear shoes or slippers (to prevent hookworm infection)
Do not use water from septic tanks or other potentially contaminated sources for watering vegetables
Contain all fecal matter (e.g.

Hookworm infections occur mainly in tropical and subtropical climates and affect about 1 billion people - about one-fifth of the world's population.

De-worming of cats and dogs can reduce the incidence among these animals. Wearing shoes in endemic areas (areas where hookworm infections are known to occur frequently) will prevent penetration of the larvae through the feet (a common site).

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