- Etiology	
- Global distribution
- Clinical features
- Epidemiology 
- Progression of Hookworm infection
- Global disease burden
- Hookworm control strategies
- Na-ASP-2 Hookworm Vaccine

Hookworm

- Hookworm: “The Great Infection of Mankind”

Sources for Helminths

- Flatworms (platyhelminths)
- Roundworms (nematodes)

Groups of Helminths

Multicellular organisms that can be parasitic or free living, unable to multiply while within humans (in adult form).

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Types of Parasites

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (n.d.). Centers for Disease control and Prevention. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. https://www.cdc.gov/. 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Helminths

Organisms that attach or burrow in to the skin for weeks to months long duration.

Ectoparasites

Protists have been historically informally grouped into three categories: 
- "Animal-Like" Protozoans
- "Plant-Like"  Algae
- "Fungus-Like" Protists

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