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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Kalpana Giri, MBBS[2]
Risk Factor
Common Risk Factors
Common risk factors in the development of ancylostomiasis include:[1][2]
- exposure to soil where filariform larvae, the infective stage, live in and penetrate human skin.
- Poor sanitation
- low socioeconomic status
- low educational attainment
References
- ↑ Traub RJ, Robertson ID, Irwin P, Mencke N, Andrew Thompson RC (2004). "The prevalence, intensities and risk factors associated with geohelminth infection in tea-growing communities of Assam, India". Trop Med Int Health. 9 (6): 688–701. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3156.2004.01252.x. PMID 15189459.
- ↑ Liabsuetrakul T, Chaikongkeit P, Korviwattanagarn S, Petrueng C, Chaiya S, Hanvattanakul C; et al. (2009). "Epidemiology and the effect of treatment of soil-transmitted helminthiasis in pregnant women in southern Thailand". Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 40 (2): 211–22. PMID 19323004.