HOOKWORMS

• Necator americanus

  
• The common name of Necator americanus is New World Hookworm and uncinariasis
• The source of N. americanus and A. duodenale is filariform larva in soil.
• The POE of N. americanus and A. duodenale is Skin and feet
• Cutting plates of A. duodenale

  
• Ancylostoma duodenale

  
• Ancylostoma braziliense

  
• Cutaneous larva migrans

  
• The common name of Ancylostoma braziliense are creeping eruption and cutaneous larva migrans
• Difference of Hookworms

  
• Toxocara canis

  
• Toxocara cati

  
• Toxocara canis/cati's common name is visceral larva migrans
• Visceral larva migrans

  
• Manzonella ozzardi

  
• Manzonella perstans

  
• The POE of M. ozzardi/perstans are skin and body, more specifically in pleural and peritoneal.
• Loa loa

  
• The other term for Loa loa are eye worm or Loaisis
• Dracunculus medinensis

  
• The common name of Dracunculus medinensis is Guinea worm
• Anisakis Phocanema spp

  
• The common name of Anisakis Phocanema spp are Anisakiasis and Herring disease
• The source of Anisakiasis are raw fish and undercooked seafoods.