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Disease caused by Ancylostomatoidea

MedGen UID:
42488
•Concept ID:
C0019911
•
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

Etiology

Prediction of hookworm prevalence in southern India using environmental parameters derived from Landsat 8 remotely sensed data.
Kulinkina AV, Sarkar R, Mohan VR, Walz Y, Kaliappan SP, Ajjampur SSR, Ward H, Naumova EN, Kang G
Int J Parasitol 2020 Jan;50(1):47-54. Epub 2019 Nov 20 doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2019.10.001. PMID: 31756313Free PMC Article
Epidemiology of soil transmitted helminth and Strongyloides stercoralis infections in remote rural villages of Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar.
Hakami L, Castle PM, Kiernan J, Choi K, Rahantamalala A, Rakotomalala E, Rakotoarison R, Wright P, Grandjean Lapierre S, Crnosija I, Small P, Vigan-Womas I, Marcos LA
Pathog Glob Health 2019 Mar;113(2):94-100. Epub 2019 Mar 17 doi: 10.1080/20477724.2019.1589927. PMID: 30879406Free PMC Article
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
Soil-transmitted helminth infections and correlated risk factors in preschool and school-aged children in rural Southwest China.
Wang X, Zhang L, Luo R, Wang G, Chen Y, Medina A, Eggleston K, Rozelle S, Smith DS
PLoS One 2012;7(9):e45939. Epub 2012 Sep 27 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045939. PMID: 23029330Free PMC Article
Epidemiology of parasitic co-infections during pregnancy in Lambaréné, Gabon.
Adegnika AA, Ramharter M, Agnandji ST, Ateba Ngoa U, Issifou S, Yazdanbahksh M, Kremsner PG
Trop Med Int Health 2010 Oct;15(10):1204-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02598.x. PMID: 20636299

Diagnosis

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
Diffuse Unilateral Subacute Neuroretinitis Caused by Ancylostoma Hookworm.
Poppert S, Heideking M, Agostini H, Fritzenwanker M, Wüppenhorst N, Muntau B, Henneke P, Kern W, Krücken J, Junker B, Hufnagel M
Emerg Infect Dis 2017 Feb;23(2):343-344. doi: 10.3201/eid2302.142064. PMID: 28098549Free PMC Article
Hookworm-related cutaneous larva migrans acquired in the UK.
Baple K, Clayton J
BMJ Case Rep 2015 Nov 13;2015 doi: 10.1136/bcr-2015-210165. PMID: 26567237Free PMC Article
Soil-transmitted helminth infections and correlated risk factors in preschool and school-aged children in rural Southwest China.
Wang X, Zhang L, Luo R, Wang G, Chen Y, Medina A, Eggleston K, Rozelle S, Smith DS
PLoS One 2012;7(9):e45939. Epub 2012 Sep 27 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045939. PMID: 23029330Free PMC Article
Common intestinal parasites.
Kucik CJ, Martin GL, Sortor BV
Am Fam Physician 2004 Mar 1;69(5):1161-8. PMID: 15023017

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-related cutaneous larva migrans acquired in the UK.
Baple K, Clayton J
BMJ Case Rep 2015 Nov 13;2015 doi: 10.1136/bcr-2015-210165. PMID: 26567237Free PMC Article
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
Prediction of hookworm prevalence in southern India using environmental parameters derived from Landsat 8 remotely sensed data.
Kulinkina AV, Sarkar R, Mohan VR, Walz Y, Kaliappan SP, Ajjampur SSR, Ward H, Naumova EN, Kang G
Int J Parasitol 2020 Jan;50(1):47-54. Epub 2019 Nov 20 doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2019.10.001. PMID: 31756313Free PMC Article
Knowledge attitudes and practices of grade three primary schoolchildren in relation to schistosomiasis, soil transmitted helminthiasis and malaria in Zimbabwe.
Midzi N, Mtapuri-Zinyowera S, Mapingure MP, Paul NH, Sangweme D, Hlerema G, Mutsaka MJ, Tongogara F, Makware G, Chadukura V, Brouwer KC, Mutapi F, Kumar N, Mduluza T
BMC Infect Dis 2011 Jun 13;11:169. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-11-169. PMID: 21668948Free 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
Prediction of hookworm prevalence in southern India using environmental parameters derived from Landsat 8 remotely sensed data.
Kulinkina AV, Sarkar R, Mohan VR, Walz Y, Kaliappan SP, Ajjampur SSR, Ward H, Naumova EN, Kang G
Int J Parasitol 2020 Jan;50(1):47-54. Epub 2019 Nov 20 doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2019.10.001. PMID: 31756313Free PMC Article
Soil-transmitted helminth infections and correlated risk factors in preschool and school-aged children in rural Southwest China.
Wang X, Zhang L, Luo R, Wang G, Chen Y, Medina A, Eggleston K, Rozelle S, Smith DS
PLoS One 2012;7(9):e45939. Epub 2012 Sep 27 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045939. PMID: 23029330Free 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
Intestinal helminthiasis and anaemia in youngsters from Matriz da Luz, district of São Lourenço da Mata, state of Pernambuco, Brazil.
Ferreira MR, Souza W, Perez EP, Lapa T, Carvalho AB, Furtado A, Coutinho HB, Wakelin D
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 1998 May-Jun;93(3):289-93. doi: 10.1590/s0074-02761998000300002. PMID: 9698859

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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