Scientists at UMass Medical School in Worcester, Mass., and Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., have sequenced the genome of a hookworm that has been known to infect humans. The findings may help ...

Canine hookworms are becoming increasingly resistant to drugs across Australia, according to new research. Scientists at The University of Queensland and The University of Sydney have identified ...

In an advance that may potentially lead to new treatments for parasitic hookworms, scientists at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and Cornell University have sequenced the genome of the ...

Up to two billion people globally are infected with soil-transmitted parasitic worms (helminths). Hookworms are a major cause of iron deficiency anemia because they feed on blood in the intestine.

A 19-year-old visited a doctor after constantly complaining of an unsightly rash, which was later diagnosed to be parasitic ...

Dear Doctor: I read a terrible story about a couple who went to the Caribbean and got hookworms by going barefoot. Is that only possible in the tropics, or should I be worried here in the United ...

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The interior of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais is gorgeous. Soaring black stone cliffs jut out from rolling hills. It's dry and dusty in early October, but vegetation is still lush. On small ...