Hookworm: “The Great Infection of Mankind”
Hotez PJ, Bethony J, Bottazzi ME, Brooker S, Buss P (2005) Hookworm: “The Great Infection of Mankind”. PLOS Medicine 2(3): e67. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0020067

Hookworm: "The Great Infection of Mankind"

- Hookworm: “The Great Infection of Mankind”

Tulane University

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

Helminths

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

Hookworm

Sources for Helminths

- Flatworms (platyhelminths)
- Roundworms (nematodes)

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