Hookworm

Question 1

The three main species of hookworm infecting humans are?

Answer 1

Ancylostoma duodenale
Ancylostoma ceylanicum
Necator americanus

Question 2

Hookworm infection is transmitted primarily by?

Answer 2

Walking barefoot on contaminated soil

Question 2

They were considered the two primary intestinal hookworm species worldwide

Answer 2

Ancylostoma duodenale
Necator americanus

Question 3

In newer studies, this parasite infecting animals, is also an important emerging parasite infecting humans in some regions.

Answer 3

Ancylostoma ceylanicum

Question 4

May partially develop in the human intestine and cause eosinophilic enteritis, but this species does not appear to reach reproductive maturity in humans.

Answer 4

Ancylostoma caninum

Question 5

Ancylostoma duodenale larvae are capable of re-activating and establishing patent, intestinal infections. True or False?

Answer 5

True

Question 6

A few days after Necator americanus third-stage larvae (L3) infect the host, a rash known as _________ develops at the site of skin penetration.

Answer 6

‘ground itch’

Question 7

Necator americanus also appear to be infective via the oral or trans mammary route. True or False?

Answer 7

False, it does not appear to be infective via the oral or trans mammary route.

Question 8

Hookworm is a soil-transmitted helminth (STH) and is one of the most common roundworm of humans. True or False?

Answer 8

True

Question 8

Adult hookworms live in the lumen of the __________, typically the ________, where they attach to the intestinal wall with resultant blood loss by the host

Answer 8

small Intestine, distal jejunum