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Ancylostomiasis classification
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Ancylostomiasis may be classified according to the species into two groups: Human hookworm: Ancylostoma and Necator americanus and Zoonotic hookworm: Ancylostoma braziliense, Ancylostoma caninum, Ancylostoma ceylanicum and Uncinaria stenocephala.
Ancylostomiasis classification
Ancylostomiasis classification
Ancylostomiasis may be classified according to the species into two groups:[1] [2]
- Human hookworm: Ancylostoma and Necator Americanus
- Zoonotic hookworm (i.e., cat and dog hookworms): Ancylostoma braziliense, Ancylostoma caninum, Ancylostoma ceylanicum and Uncinaria stenocephala.
References
References
- ↑ Hawdon JM, Hotez PJ (1996). “Hookworm: developmental biology of the infectious process”. Curr Opin Genet Dev. 6 (5): 618–23. doi:10.1016/s0959-437x(96)80092-x. PMID 8939719.
- ↑ 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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