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    This document discusses different types of nematodes (roundworms) that can infect humans, including hookworms, threadworms, and filarias. It notes that the two main species of hookworm that infect humans are Necator americanus and Ancylostoma duodenale, with Necator infection being more common in the Philippines. It also discusses Strongyloides stercoralis as the causative agent of threadworm infections, and Wurcheria bancrofti and Brugia malayi as filarial worms that can infect humans.

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    This document discusses different types of nematodes (roundworms) that can infect humans, including hookworms, threadworms, and filarias. It notes that the two main species of hookworm that infect humans are Necator americanus and Ancylostoma duodenale, with Necator infection being more common in the Philippines. It also discusses Strongyloides stercoralis as the causative agent of threadworm infections, and Wurcheria bancrofti and Brugia malayi as filarial worms that can infect humans.

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    This document discusses different types of nematodes (roundworms) that can infect humans, including hookworms, threadworms, and filarias. It notes that the two main species of hookworm that infect humans are Necator americanus and Ancylostoma duodenale, with Necator infection being more common in the Philippines. It also discusses Strongyloides stercoralis as the causative agent of threadworm infections, and Wurcheria bancrofti and Brugia malayi as filarial worms that can infect humans.

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    Eka Rubion UERMMMC 2011B NEMATODES 1

    HOOKWORMS
    Ancylostoma sp., Necator Americanus

    Hookworm, fertilized ova  N. americanus & A.


    duodenale:
    - parasitze man; prevalent in the
    Philippines; Necator infection
    more common than Ancylostoma
     A. ceylanicum – cat & dog
    hookworm may accidentally infect
    man & develop as an intestinal
    parasite
     A.braziliense & A. caninum –
    thin hyaline shell cat & dog hookworms caiusing
    cutaneous larva migrans

    THREADWORM
    Strongyloides stercoralis
    Eka Rubion UERMMMC 2011B NEMATODES 2

    FILARIAS
    Wurcheria bancrofti (Bancrofti’s filarial worm), Brugia malayi (Malayan filarial worm),
    Eka Rubion UERMMMC 2011B NEMATODES 3

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