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Hookworm
[Ancylostomabraziliense][Ancylostomacaninum][Ancylostomaduodenale][Necatoramericanus]
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Hookwormeggs.
TheeggsofAncylostomaandNecatorcannotbedifferentiatedmicroscopically.Theeggsarethinshelled,colorless
andmeasure6075mby3540m.
FigureA:Hookwormegginan
unstainedwetmount,takenat
400xmagnification.
FigureB:Hookwormegginan
unstainedwetmount,takenat
400xmagnification.
FigureC:Hookwormegginan
unstainedwetmount.
FigureD:Hookwormegginan
unstainedwetmount.
FigureE:Hookwormeggina
wetmount.
FigureF:Hookwormegginawet
mountunderUVfluorescence
microscopyimagetakenat200x
magnification.
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Hookwormrhabditiformlarva.
Rhabditiform(L1)larvaethathatchfromeggsare250300mlongandapproximately1520mwide.Theyhave
alongbuccalcanalandaninconspicuousgenitalprimordium.Rhabditiformlarvaeareusuallynotfoundinstool,but
maybefoundthereisadelayinprocessingthestoolspecimen.Iflarvaeareseeninstool,theymustbe
differentiatedfromtheL1larvaeofStrongyloidesstercoralis.
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FigureA:Hookwormrhabditiform
larva(wetpreparation).
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FigureB:Hookwormrhabditiformlarva
(wetpreparation).
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Hookwormfilariformlarva.
Infective,thirdstage(L3),filariformlarvaeare500600mlong.Theyhaveapointedtailandastriatedsheath.
TheseL3arefoundintheenvironmentandinfectthehumanhostbypenetrationoftheskin.
FigureA:Filariform(L3)hookwormlarva.
FigureB:Filariform(L3)
hookwormlarva.
FigureC:Filariform(L3)hookwormlarvainawet
mount.
FigureD:Closeupofthe
posteriorendofafilariform(L3)
hookwormlarva.
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Adulthookworms.
Adulthookwormsresideinthesmallintestineoftheirhosts.Malesmeasureapproximately812mmlongandare
bursate,withtwospiculesthatdonotfuseattheirdistalends.Femalesmeasureapproximately1015mmlong.
Adultsofbothsexeshaveabuccalcapsulecontainingsharpteeth.
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FigureA:Adultworm
ofAncylostomaduodenale.
Anteriorendisdepictedshowing
cuttingteeth.
FigureC:Anteriorendofan
adultofAncylostomacaninum,a
dogparasitethathasbeenfound
toproduceararehuman
infectionknownaseosinophilic
enteritis.
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FigureB:AdultwormofNecator
americanus.Anteriorendshowing
mouthpartswithcuttingplates.
FigureD:Anteriorendofan
adultfemaleAncylostomasp.
FigureE:Posteriorendofthe
wormseeninFigureD.
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Hookwormsintissue,stainedwithhematoxylinandeosin
(H&E).
Adulthookwormsintissue,stainedwithhematoxylinandeosin(H&E).
FigureA:Longitudinalsectionof
anadulthookwormwormina
bowelbiopsy,stainedwithH&E.
Notetheoralcavity(OC)and
strong,muscledesophagus(ES).
FigureB:Crosssectionofan
adulthookwormfromthesame
specimeninFigureA.Shown
herearetheplatymyarian
musculature(MU),intestinewith
brushborder(IN),excretory
ducts(ED),andcoiledovaries
(OV).
FigureC:Anothercrosssection
ofthespecimeninFiguresAand
B.
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