Ancylostomiasis causes
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Overview
Causes
They commonly infect the skin, eyes, and viscera in humans.
- Toxocara causes visceral larva migrans.[1]
Common cause
- Common causes of Ancylostomiasis include the following organism:[2]
- Necator americanus: reach maturity in the human intestine.
- Ancylostoma duodenal: reach maturity in the human intestine.
- Ancylostoma ceylanicum also occurs in humans as an intestine-inhabiting adult but it is usually a parasite of cats, dogs and other carnivores.
- Less common organism include:
- Ancylostoma braziliense: responsible for creeping eruption or cutaneous larva migrans, which survive in extra-intestinal sites and rarely mature in human.[2]
References
- ↑ "Definition: larva migrans". Retrieved 2008-10-30.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Banwell JG, Schad GA (1978). "Hookworm". Clin Gastroenterol. 7 (1): 129–56. PMID 564248.