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Abstract
Infection of humans or animals with hookworms of the genus ANCYLOSTOMA. Characteristics include anemia, dyspepsia, eosinophilia, and abdominal swelling.
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- Ancylostomiases
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36 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
hookworm infect; Ancylostoma americanum infection = NECATORIASIS, not ANCYLOSTOMIASIS
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History Note
68; was see under HOOKWORM INFECTION 1963-67
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Previous Indexing
- Hookworm Infections (1966-1967)
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WC 890
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Ancylostomiasis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000724. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000724
- Ancylostomiasis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancylostomiasis
- Ancylostomiasis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11679861