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Disease caused by Ancylostomatoidea

MedGen UID:
42488
•Concept ID:
C0019911
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Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Hookworm Infection; Hookworm Infections; Infection, Hookworm; Infections, Hookworm
SNOMED CT: Hookworm infection (105694003); Disease caused by Ancylostomatoidea (105694003)

Definition

An infection that is caused by hookworms. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Cross-Sectional Study on Assessment of Frequency of Intestinal Helminth Infections and Its Related Risk Factors among School Children from Adola Town, Ethiopia.
Husen EA, Tafesse G, Hajare ST, Chauhan NM, Sharma RJ, Upadhye VJ
Biomed Res Int 2022;2022:5908938. Epub 2022 Apr 11 doi: 10.1155/2022/5908938. PMID: 35445136Free PMC Article
Detection of classic and cryptic Strongyloides genotypes by deep amplicon sequencing: A preliminary survey of dog and human specimens collected from remote Australian communities.
Beknazarova M, Barratt JLN, Bradbury RS, Lane M, Whiley H, Ross K
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2019 Aug;13(8):e0007241. Epub 2019 Aug 20 doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007241. PMID: 31430282Free PMC Article
Soil-Transmitted Helminths: Mathematical Models of Transmission, the Impact of Mass Drug Administration and Transmission Elimination Criteria.
Truscott JE, Turner HC, Farrell SH, Anderson RM
Adv Parasitol 2016;94:133-198. Epub 2016 Oct 7 doi: 10.1016/bs.apar.2016.08.002. PMID: 27756454

Recent clinical studies

Therapy

Important Nematodes in Children.
Veesenmeyer AF
Pediatr Clin North Am 2022 Feb;69(1):129-139. doi: 10.1016/j.pcl.2021.08.005. PMID: 34794670
Autochthonous Cutaneous Larva Migrans in France and Europe.
Del Giudice P, Hakimi S, Vandenbos F, Magana C, Hubiche T
Acta Derm Venereol 2019 Jul 1;99(9):805-808. doi: 10.2340/00015555-3217. PMID: 31073620
Hookworm infection.
Loukas A, Hotez PJ, Diemert D, Yazdanbakhsh M, McCarthy JS, Correa-Oliveira R, Croese J, Bethony JM
Nat Rev Dis Primers 2016 Dec 8;2:16088. doi: 10.1038/nrdp.2016.88. PMID: 27929101
Hookworm vaccines.
Diemert DJ, Bethony JM, Hotez PJ
Clin Infect Dis 2008 Jan 15;46(2):282-8. doi: 10.1086/524070. PMID: 18171264
Common intestinal parasites.
Kucik CJ, Martin GL, Sortor BV
Am Fam Physician 2004 Mar 1;69(5):1161-8. PMID: 15023017

Prognosis

Zoonotic helminths of dogs and risk factors associated with polyparasitism in Grenada, West Indies.
Macpherson MLA, Zendejas-Heredia PA, Sylvester W, Gasser RB, Traub RJ, Colella V, Macpherson CNL
Parasitology 2023 Jul;150(8):754-759. Epub 2023 May 15 doi: 10.1017/S0031182023000495. PMID: 37184089Free PMC Article
Parasite associations predict infection risk: incorporating co-infections in predictive models for neglected tropical diseases.
Clark NJ, Owada K, Ruberanziza E, Ortu G, Umulisa I, Bayisenge U, Mbonigaba JB, Mucaca JB, Lancaster W, Fenwick A, Soares Magalhães RJ, Mbituyumuremyi A
Parasit Vectors 2020 Mar 16;13(1):138. doi: 10.1186/s13071-020-04016-2. PMID: 32178706Free PMC Article
Spatiotemporal distribution and population at risk of soil-transmitted helminth infections following an eight-year school-based deworming programme in Burundi, 2007-2014.
Assoum M, Ortu G, Basáñez MG, Lau C, Clements ACA, Halton K, Fenwick A, Soares Magalhães RJ
Parasit Vectors 2017 Nov 23;10(1):583. doi: 10.1186/s13071-017-2505-x. PMID: 29169386Free PMC Article
Bayesian geostatistical model-based estimates of soil-transmitted helminth infection in Nigeria, including annual deworming requirements.
Oluwole AS, Ekpo UF, Karagiannis-Voules DA, Abe EM, Olamiju FO, Isiyaku S, Okoronkwo C, Saka Y, Nebe OJ, Braide EI, Mafiana CF, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2015 Apr;9(4):e0003740. Epub 2015 Apr 24 doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003740. PMID: 25909633Free PMC Article
Occult enteric infection by Ancylostoma caninum: a previously unrecognized zoonosis.
Croese J, Loukas A, Opdebeeck J, Prociv P
Gastroenterology 1994 Jan;106(1):3-12. doi: 10.1016/s0016-5085(94)93907-1. PMID: 8276205

Clinical prediction guides

Zoonotic helminths of dogs and risk factors associated with polyparasitism in Grenada, West Indies.
Macpherson MLA, Zendejas-Heredia PA, Sylvester W, Gasser RB, Traub RJ, Colella V, Macpherson CNL
Parasitology 2023 Jul;150(8):754-759. Epub 2023 May 15 doi: 10.1017/S0031182023000495. PMID: 37184089Free PMC Article
Parasite associations predict infection risk: incorporating co-infections in predictive models for neglected tropical diseases.
Clark NJ, Owada K, Ruberanziza E, Ortu G, Umulisa I, Bayisenge U, Mbonigaba JB, Mucaca JB, Lancaster W, Fenwick A, Soares Magalhães RJ, Mbituyumuremyi A
Parasit Vectors 2020 Mar 16;13(1):138. doi: 10.1186/s13071-020-04016-2. PMID: 32178706Free PMC Article
Human Hookworm Infection Enhances Mycobacterial Growth Inhibition and Associates With Reduced Risk of Tuberculosis Infection.
O'Shea MK, Fletcher TE, Muller J, Tanner R, Matsumiya M, Bailey JW, Jones J, Smith SG, Koh G, Horsnell WG, Beeching NJ, Dunbar J, Wilson D, Cunningham AF, McShane H
Front Immunol 2018;9:2893. Epub 2018 Dec 14 doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.02893. PMID: 30619265Free PMC Article
Nutritional status, intestinal parasite infection and allergy among school children in northwest Ethiopia.
Amare B, Ali J, Moges B, Yismaw G, Belyhun Y, Gebretsadik S, Woldeyohannes D, Tafess K, Abate E, Endris M, Tegabu D, Mulu A, Ota F, Fantahun B, Kassu A
BMC Pediatr 2013 Jan 12;13:7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-13-7. PMID: 23311926Free PMC Article
Hookworm-related anaemia among pregnant women: a systematic review.
Brooker S, Hotez PJ, Bundy DA
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2008 Sep 17;2(9):e291. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000291. PMID: 18820740Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

Intestinal parasites co-infection among tuberculosis patients in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Alemu A, Bitew ZW, Worku T
BMC Infect Dis 2020 Jul 14;20(1):510. doi: 10.1186/s12879-020-05237-7. PMID: 32664873Free PMC Article
Risk profiling of soil-transmitted helminth infection and estimated number of infected people in South Asia: A systematic review and Bayesian geostatistical Analysis.
Lai YS, Biedermann P, Shrestha A, Chammartin F, À Porta N, Montresor A, Mistry NF, Utzinger J, Vounatsou P
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2019 Aug;13(8):e0007580. Epub 2019 Aug 9 doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007580. PMID: 31398200Free PMC Article
Hookworm-related anaemia among pregnant women: a systematic review.
Brooker S, Hotez PJ, Bundy DA
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2008 Sep 17;2(9):e291. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000291. PMID: 18820740Free PMC Article

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