Hookworm
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Intestinal parasites such as roundworm, whipworm, and
hookworm
strip iron from sufferers’ guts, causing disease and intellectual retardation.
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Roundworm, hookworm, whipworm, schistosomiasis: infections from these species cause pain and discomfort.
have shown that much of the problem of global poverty can be traced to severe geographical problems of the poorer countries, such as endemic diseases that are prevalent in the tropics, such as malaria, schistosomiasis, and
hookworm.
Normally, clots would form in the wound, making it impossible for the
hookworm
to feed.
But the
hookworm
has evolved the ability to produce a molecule that elegantly jams up the cascade of chemical reactions that create clots.
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