Ancylostomiasis causes
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Kalpana Giri, MBBS[2]
Overview
Overview
Common causes of Ancylostomiasis include: Ancylostoma duodenale, Necator americanus, Ancylostoma ceylanicum, and Less common organisms include: Ancylostoma braziliense, Ancylostoma caninum, Ancylostoma ceylanicum, and Uncinaria stenocephala
Causes
Causes
They commonly infect the skin, eyes, and viscera in humans.
- Toxocara causes visceral larva migrans.[1]
Common cause
- Common causes of ancylostomiasis include the following organism:[2]
- Necator americanus: reach maturity in the human intestine.
- Ancylostoma duodenale: reach maturity in the human intestine.
- Ancylostoma ceylanicum also occurs in humans as an intestine-inhabiting adult but it is usually a parasite of cats, dogs and other carnivores.
- Less common organism include:[2][3]
- Ancylostoma braziliense: responsible for creeping eruption or cutaneous larva migrans, which survive in extra-intestinal sites and rarely mature in human.
- Ancylostoma caninum: occasionally reaches adulthood in humans, and causes eosinophilic enteritis
- Ancylostoma ceylanicum: only species that develops to adult in humans, and causes enteric hookworm infection
- Uncinaria stenocephala
References
References
- ↑ “Definition: larva migrans”. Retrieved 2008-10-30.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Banwell JG, Schad GA (1978). “Hookworm”. Clin Gastroenterol. 7 (1): 129–56. PMID 564248.
- ↑ Bowman DD, Montgomery SP, Zajac AM, Eberhard ML, Kazacos KR (2010). “Hookworms of dogs and cats as agents of cutaneous larva migrans”. Trends Parasitol. 26 (4): 162–7. doi:10.1016/j.pt.2010.01.005. PMID 20189454.
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