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Hookworm infection in humans is caused by an infection with the helminth nematode parasites Necator americanus and Ancylostoma duodenale and is transmitted through contact with contaminated soil. It is one of the most common chronic infections, with an estimated 740 million cases in areas of rural poverty in the tropics and subtropics.¹ Because hookworm infection occurs predominantly among the world's most impoverished people,¹ it holds a unique place in modern history. For example, the reputation of pre-1949 China as the "sick man of Asia" was partly a result of the high prevalence and intensity of infection with hookworm.² Mohandas Gandhi . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Pathophysiology and Clinical Disease

Larval Invasion of Tissue

Clinical Disease

Hookworm Disease in Mothers and Children

Diagnosis in Returning Travelers and Immigrants

Epidemiology, Treatment, and Prospects for Control

Overdispersion of and Predisposition to Hookworm Infection

Hookworm and Age

School-Based Deworming

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From the Department of Microbiology and Tropical Medicine, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. (P.J.H., J.M.B., M.E.B.); the Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London (S.B.); the Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Australia (A.L.); and the Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai, China (S.X.).

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