Intestinal Parasites
Table of Contents
- Intestinal parasites
- Intestinal parasites overview
- Ways of contracting intestinal parasites - 1
- Ways of contracting intestinal parasites - 2
- Ways of contracting intestinal parasites - 3
- Ways of contracting intestinal parasites - 4
- Ways of contracting intestinal parasites - 5
- Roundworms
- Signs of roundworm infection
- Hookworms
- Signs of hookworm infection
- Tapeworms
- Tapeworm Proglottids
- Signs of tapeworm infection - 1
- Signs of tapeworm infection - 2
- Detection
- Treatment
- Prevention
- Sources
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Hookworms
- Adult size
- 5 to 20 mm long
- 0.2 to 0.6 mm wide
- Adult worm attaches to small intestine
- Feed on blood
- Release anticoagulant at site of attachment
Hookworm, by sc0ttbeardsley