ancylostomiasis
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Ancylostomiasis is a hookworm disease caused by infection with Ancylostoma hookworms. The name is derived from Greek ancylos αγκύλος "crooked, bent" and stoma στόμα "mouth".
Key facts
- Medical condition (new).name
- Ancylostomiasis
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- Medical condition (new).caption
- Infective larva of Ancylostoma duodenale
- Medical condition (new).synonyms
- Anchylostomiasis, Ankylostomiasis
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Research
1,869 papers- Zoonotic Ancylostomiasis: An Update of a Continually Neglected Zoonosis.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2020
- [Ancylostomiasis].Fel'dsher i akusherka · 1983
- [Ancylostomiasis].La Clinica terapeutica · 1989
- Ancylostoma ceylanicum.Trends in parasitology · 2021
- [Ancylostomiasis].Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde · 1963
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- health specialty
- parasitology
- Commons category
- Hookworm infections
- has cause
- infection
- ICD-9-CM
- 126.8
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C35805
- drug or therapy used for treatment
- mebendazole
- exact match
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- WikiProject Medicine
- symptoms and signs
- diarrhea
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Signs and symptoms
- Causes
- Diagnosis
- Prevention
- Treatment
- Epidemiology
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- References
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Ancylostomiasis is a hookworm disease caused by infection with Ancylostoma hookworms. The name is derived from Greek ancylos αγκύλος "crooked, bent" and stoma στόμα "mouth".
Ancylostomiasis is also known as '''miner's anaemia, tunnel disease, brickmaker's anaemia and Egyptian chlorosis'''. Helminthiasis may also refer to ancylostomiasis, but this term also refers to all other parasitic worm diseases as well. In the United Kingdom, if acquired in the context of working in a mine, the condition is eligible for Industrial Injuries Disability Benefit. It is a prescribed disease (B4) under the relevant legislation.§
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