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Abstract
Infection of humans or animals with hookworms other than those caused by the genus Ancylostoma or Necator, for which the specific terms ANCYLOSTOMIASIS and NECATORIASIS are available.
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5 entry terms
- Infections, Hookworm
- Hookworm Infection
- Infection, Hookworm
- Bunostomiasis
- Bunostomiases
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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
general or unspecified; prefer specifics; New World hookworm infection equals NECATORIASIS, Old World hookworm infection equals ANCYLOSTOMIASIS
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History Note
73; was HOOKWORM INFECTION 1963-72; BUNOSTOMIASIS was heading 1968-92
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Hookworm Infections. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006725. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006725
- Hookworm Infections. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hookworm_infection
- Hookworm Infections. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5898175