1. Reportable diseases : Information
All states have a "reportable diseases" list. It is the responsibility of the health care provider, not the patient, to report cases of these diseases. Many of the diseases on the lists must also be reported to the U.S. Centers of
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2. Hookworm Disease
Hookworm disease is an illness caused by one of two types of S-shaped worms that infect the intestine of humans (the worm's host).
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3. Division of Parasitic Diseases - Hookworm Infection
Guidelines for Veterinarians: Prevention of Zoonotic Transmission of Ascarids and Hookworms of Dogs and Cats Guidelines for Veterinarians: Prevention of Zoonotic Transmission of Ascarids and Hookworms of Dogs and Cats
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4. The Fred L. Soper Papers: Learning the Ropes: Hookworm Disease in South America, 1920-1927
Fred Soper's long career in international health began in Brazil, not with malaria or yellow fever, but with hookworm disease. Why Brazil? And why hookworm?
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5. Hookworm - Page 2
Iron deficiency anemia (caused by blood loss at the site of intestinal attachment of the adult worms) is the most common symptom of hookworm infection, and can be accompanied by cardiac complications. Gastrointestinal and nutritional/metabolic sy...
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6. Emerging infectious diseases: disease information: NCID: CDC
Infectious diseases are a continuing danger everyone. Some diseases have been effectively controlled with the help of modern technology. Yet new diseasessuch as SARS and West Nile virus infectionare constantly appearing. Others, such as malaria,...
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7. Hookworm Disease
Hookworm disease is one of the most common parasitic roundworm infections of the intestines. This disease is widespread in tropical and subtropical countries where people may defecate on the ground and where the soil moisture is most favorable for.....
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8. Hookworms: eMedicine Infectious Diseases
Hookworms represent a widespread and clinically important human nematode infection. Prevalence figures indicate that the roundworms Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus infect 576-740 million people and that they cause anemia in approximat...
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9. Hookworm
Hookworm is a roundworm infestation affecting the small intestine and lungs. The worms are about 1/2 inch long.
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10. Hookworms
Hookworms eggs are passed in the faeces, and once exposed to air they mature rapidly, given favourable conditions.
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