small intestinal nematodes • Hookworm These worms are parasitic nematode that lives in the small intestine of human. Two species of hookworms commonly infect humans: • Ancylostoma duodenale - Old World Hook worm. • Necator americanus - New World Hook worm. and causing Ancylostomiasis
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small intestinal nematodes
• Hookworm These worms are parasitic nematode that lives in the
small intestine of human. Two species of hookworms commonly infect humans:
• Ancylostomiasis: is the disease caused by hookworms. It is caused when hookworms, present in large numbers, produce an abdominal pain and iron deficiency anemia by contineous sucking blood from the host's intestinal walls.
• There are other species of Ancylostoma infect animals like A. braziliense species which infect cats, while A. caninum infects dogs.