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What's Eating You? Hookworm and Cutaneous Larva Migrans.
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November 2024
Dr. Bloomquist is from the School of Medicine, University of South Carolina, Columbia. Dr. Elston is from the Department of Dermatology & Dermatologic Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston.
Hookworm infection represents a major global disease burden, in terms of both morbidity and economic impact, and there has been a resurgence of hookworms in developed nations where these parasites were once thought to be eradicated. Hookworms can infest humans or other mammals as their primary hosts depending on the species. The 2 most common species that seek human hosts-Necator americanus and Ancylostoma duodenale-enter the body through the epidermis, and hookworm infection may manifest as a pruritic and papular inflammatory reaction know as ground itch.
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Department of Dermatology and Venereology, University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine, and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Identification of Ancylostoma caninum in Domestic Dogs from Ecuador via Various Techniques.
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Institute of Invertebrates, Fundación Miguel Lillo, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina.
BACKGROUND Ancylostoma caninum is a soil-borne, soil-transmitted helminth with infective larvae and produces cutaneous larva migrans in humans. The objective of this study was to confirm the presence of A. caninum in domestic dogs from the urban-marginal and rural sectors of the Ecuadorian coast through morphometry, culture, and molecular techniques.
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