The eggs and larvae are found in the dirt where your pet leaves stool. You can get a hookworm infection by touching contaminated dirt with your bare hands or feet. You can also get it by accidentally eating contaminated soil. To reduce your risk, make sure your pets are vaccinated and dewormed by your veterinarian.
Where did hookworm infection originate?
Hookworm infection is mainly acquired by walking barefoot on contaminated soil. One kind of hookworm can also be transmitted through the ingestion of larvae. Most people infected with hookworms have no symptoms.
What does hookworms come from?
Roundworm infections usually happen when soil, sand, or plants that have been contaminated with infected animal feces are accidentally put in the mouth and ingested. Hookworm infections happen when larvae penetrate the skin. This usually happens when people sit or walk on contaminated soil or sand with bare feet.
How did hookworms get to America?
One form of hookworm can be ingested via contaminated soil or food. Hookworm was rampant in the U.S. more than 100 years ago. It thrived in the poor south, where many families could not afford proper outhouses and sewer systems were rare.
What is the history of hookworm?
Hookworm (Ancylostoma) was discovered by Dubini in Italy in 1834. Refers to “tunnel disease” found among the miners, brickmakers, pitman and other laborers during the construction of St. Gotthard tunnel, but it is unclear if the reference is solely due to the tunnel or the clinical characteristics of the disease.
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