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Hookworm in sentence

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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.
Intestinal parasites such as roundworm, whipworm, and hookworm strip iron from sufferers’ guts, causing disease and intellectual retardation.
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.
Biotech researchers are so impressed by the hookworm that they've synthesized the molecule and are testing it as a blood-thinning medicine that can be used during surgery.
The hookworm is but one species out of millions of parasites; other parasites may produce chemicals that can be used to stop organ rejection or to alter the brain.
In 1980, smallpox became the first disease in people to be successfully eradicated, and there were prior unsuccessful campaigns against hookworm, yaws, yellow fever, and malaria.
Many parasites are worms: hookworm (800 million people infected), roundworm (1.5 billion), schistosomes (200 million), and the worm that causes Elephantiasis (150 million).
Achievements ranging from the treatment of hookworm to the green revolution attest to its power.