Researchers then examined her stool, which revealed the presence of hookworm eggs. Parasitic worms infect up to 480 million people globally, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control explains.

Dr. W.C. Stiles of the Federal Marine Service at Washington said to-day that 2,000,000 persons in the Southern States were afflicted with "hookworm," the lazy man's disease. View Full Article in ...

Hookworms can be found in approximately 25% of the world's population. The most common species are Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus. Both species are widely distributed in Asia and ...

Threadworms aren't the only worms (helminths) that invade humans. Hookworms, for example, affect about 470 million people worldwide. Infections in the UK are rarer, since hookworms favor a warmer ...

13, No. 4, Jun., 1927 The Effect of Sea-Water on the Developme... The Effect of Sea-Water on the Development of Hookworm Ova and Larvae (Necator americanus) This is the metadata section. Skip to ...

Threadworms aren’t the only worms (helminths) that invade humans. Hookworms, for example, affect about 470 million people worldwide. Infections in the UK are rarer, since hookworms favour a ...

Through their activities a human hookworm vaccine is in phase 1 clinical trials as is a schistosomiasis vaccine. Vaccines against leishmaniasis, Chagas disease, and other soil-transmitted helminths ...

Doctors discovered live hookworms in a woman's stomach.