Hookworm: Hookworm is an intestinal parasite of humans that usually causes mild diarrhea or cramps. Heavy infection with hookworm can create serious health problems ... more about Hookworm.
Hookworm: Worm spread through feces with poor sanitation. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Hookworm is available below.
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Hookworm is an intestinal parasite of humans that usually causes mild diarrhea or cramps. Heavy infection with hookworm can create serious health problems for newborns, children, pregnant women, and persons who are malnourished. Hookworm infections occur mostly in tropical and subtropical climates and are estimated to infect about 1 billion people -- about one-fifth of the world's population. (Source: excerpt from Hookworm Infection: DPD)
One of the most common roundworm infections is hookworm. Like ascarids, people pick up hookworms as a result of unsanitary conditions. Hookworm eggs are passed in human feces onto the ground where they develop into infective larvae. When the soil is cool, the worms crawl to the nearest moist area and extend their bodies into the air. They remain there – waving their bodies to and fro – until they come into contact with the skin, usually on a bare foot, or until they are driven back down by the heat. (Source: excerpt from Parasitic Roundworm Diseases, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID)
Parasitic blood-sucking roundworms having hooked mouth parts to fasten to the intestinal wall of human and other hosts - (Source - WordNet 2.1)
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