Hookworms

Blood-sucking nematodes that cause anemia

• Hookworms

• Pinworms

• Whipworms

• Roundworms

What part of the intestinal tissue does nematodes attach into?

Are hookworms capable of heart-lung migration?

• Yes

• No

Host of hookworms

Habitat of hookworms

Most commonly found in tropical and subtropical countries where they occur as single mixed infections

• Yes

• No

Small, cylindrical, fusiform, grayish-white nematodes

• Necator americanus

• Ancylostoma duodenale

• Strongyloides stercoralis

• Capillaria philippinensis

Head is curved opposite to the curvature of the body, which is like a hook at the anterior

• Necator americanus

• Ancylostoma duodenale

• Strongyloides stercoralis

• Capillaria philippinensis

9 to 11 mm by 0.35 mm

• Female Necator americanus

• Male Necator americanus

• Female Ancylostoma duodenale

• Male Ancylostoma duodenale

9 to 11 mm by 0.35 mm

• Female Necator americanus

• Male Necator americanus

• Female Ancylostoma duodenale

• Male Ancylostoma duodenale