: any of several parasitic nematode worms (family Ancylostomatidae) that have strong buccal hooks or plates for attaching to the host's intestinal lining and that include serious bloodsucking pests
especially: a lethargic anemic state in humans due to blood loss from hookworms feeding in the small intestine
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Recent Examples on the WebThere is some evidence that tropical diseases like hookworm are resurfacing in the Black Belt, thanks to the poor sanitation conditions. Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al, 12 Nov. 2021 Their other work had centered on neglected diseases associated with poverty, like hookworm infections.NBC News, 7 Jan. 2022 Many of the problems in those areas have been heavily publicized, from rural hospital closures to the rise of hookworm in Lowndes County. Ramsey Archibald | Rarchibald@al.com, al, 13 Aug. 2021 Investigations [of] diseases like hookworm and pellagra and attempts to control the spread of malaria, to control mosquitoes, and then gradually take on more and more of these responsibilities.The Atlantic, 27 May 2021 Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drugs donated 10,000 pills of albendazole to go toward care for children with hookworm infection in rural Alabama. Dom Difurio, Dallas News, 19 Jan. 2021 The first drug being produced by the company is a generic treatment for hookworm called albendazole. Dom Difurio, Dallas News, 19 Jan. 2021 Black Belt have been a black eye for the state for years, with officials from the United Nations comparing sewage conditions here to developing nations, and researchers finding evidence that hookworm is impacting people in the region. Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al, 31 Dec. 2020 This is also a problem for vaccines under development for parasitic illnesses such as malaria, schistosomiasis, and hookworm infection, Bethony says. Kate Baggaley, Popular Science, 28 Dec. 2020 See More