Ancylostoma duodenale
nematode
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cause of hookworm disease
- In hookworm disease
A. duodenale possesses four hooklike teeth in its adult stage, and N. americanus has plates in its mouth rather than teeth.
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Hookworm, or Ancylostoma duodenale, infection begins when the worm is in the larval stage. It penetrates the skin, usually of the feet, migrates during its life cycle through the liver and the lungs, and attaches to the mucosa of the small intestine where it matures. Hookworms deplete…
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