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Example sentences for: hookworm

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Because hookworms do not replicate in humans, the morbidity of hookworm is highest among patients that harbor large numbers of adult parasites.
As noted above, heavy-intensity hookworm infections are common among both adults and children, so school-based programs would not be expected to have an impact on hookworm transmission in the community [24].
Towards that end, the HHVI has partnered with manufacturers in hookworm-endemic middle-income countries that would commit to industrial scale-up of the Na -ASP-2 Hookworm Vaccine pending proof-of-principle for its efficacy.
Vaccination would reduce the number of hookworm infective larvae entering the gastrointestinal tract, thereby reducing the number of adult worms and the fecal egg counts in individuals exposed to the larvae.
Therefore, the disease attributed to hookworm is silent blood loss leading to iron deficiency anemia and protein malnutrition.