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NOTE: CDC's DPDx webpage for Laboratory Identification of Parasites of Public Health Concern has been moved to https://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/index.html. See the Parasites A-Z Index to locate diagnostics for a parasite.
The US Center for Disease Control offers complete information about this disease caused by the soil-transmitted helminth: life cycle, epidemiology, disease, treatment, prevention, etc.
The US Center for Disease Control offers complete information on this disease caused by the nematode: life cycle, epidemiology, disease, treatment, prevention, etc.
The US Center for Disease Control offers complete information about this disease caused by the soil-transmitted helminths: life cycle, epidemiology, disease, treatment, prevention, etc.
An extensive entry on hookworms from the Stanford University course, "Parasites and Pestilence." Includes the discovery of the nematodes and several maps of infected populations.
The US Center for Disease Control offers complete information about this disease caused by the soil-transmitted helminths: life cycle, epidemiology, disease, treatment, prevention, etc.
Also called whipworm infection. The US Center for Disease Control offers complete information on this soil-transmitted helminth: life cycle, epidemiology, disease, treatment, prevention, etc.