Talk:Hookworm infection

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The image is that of Ancylostoma caninum worms, but the legend implies they are Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus.

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what is the phylum of a hookworm????

Nematoda. The class is Phasmidia (Secernentea). I added some taxonomic information to the article, based on [1]. Wmahan. 18:41, 2005 Apr 25 (UTC)

Contradiction

The quick facts section for A. duodenale under the categories for "portal of entry" and "mode of transmission" seem to indicate that A. duodenale's principal method of infection is via ingestion, whereas the second paragraph of the "Life Cycle" section indicates that ingestion is a rare occurence. Is there any citation to back the quick fact? I cannot seem to find ingestion as the main method of transmission mentioned anywhere else. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.195.93.250 (talk) 05:11, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Anachronicity

Would it be possible to add some data from the 80s, 90s and 21st century to augment or even replace some of the 1911 Britannica material? --McDogm 00:10, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

Summary of biological life cycle

In the Summary of biological life cycle section it is stated that N. Americanus larvae may only infect through penetration of the skin, but if the larvae's goal is then to travel to the alveoli to be swallowed and enter the intestines (all in the same form) why could it not infect through ingestion as A. duodenale does? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.100.105.34 (talk) 02:09, 11 April 2014 (UTC)

Reproduction

How do hookworms reproduce?

Symmetry

Is it radial or bilateral?

Bilateral

Animal models for hookworm infestation

This section looks like notes from a medical journal. It needs to be rewritten in prose and fit into the context of the article. A proper references style should be used (see WP:CITE). JonHarder 16:01, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Symptoms

What other symptoms besides anemia does hookworm infection have? I think there should be a section called "symptoms". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.194.11.112 (talk) 03:05, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Done. --Joelmills (talk) 03:10, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Carry disease?

Can hookworms carry other parasites that affect humans? Peoplesunionpro (talk) 16:24, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Allergy Treatment

Should information from this article [2] be added to this page? 71.249.15.149 (talk) 16:23, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

This is some additional information about allergy treatment. Note that the results of this study were only recently published (2009-10-22) http://www.heraldsun.com.au/lifestyle/the-other-side/worming-a-way-out-of-coeliac-disease-using-hook-worms-is-dr-james-davesons-mission/story-e6frfhk6-1225789785047 Twigmon (talk) 23:51, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

Size of female

The article lacks a mention of the absolute size of females (it only says much larger than the male). Can anyone add a more useful metric?FreeFlow99 (talk) 10:27, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Capitalization

Capitalization is inconsistent. Is it Hookworm or hookworm? Does it matter whether "infection" or "disease" follows the noun? I'd make it all consistent it if I was sure which way to go...? - ZeniffMartineau (talk) 00:25, 16 February 2014 (UTC)

Information about hookworm infection should be on a separate page

For the other helminths, we tried to have one page for the organism and one page for the infection. For some reason here with hookworm it is all mixed together. Can someone separate it out? Maybe create a new page called "hookworm infection"? I assume the information contained here on the page about hookworm infection applies equally to the different types of hookworms. The hatnote states: this article is about the organism. For the infection by Necator americanus, see Necatoriasis. For the infection by Ancylostoma duodenale, see Ancylostomiasis. Thoughts, Doc_James? EvM-Susana (talk) 18:18, 19 June 2015 (UTC)

This article is primarily about the infection rather than the organism thus moved to hookworm infection. If the organism content becomes to large it can be split off.Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 00:06, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

Is the term "hookworm" really commonly used for "hookworm infection"?

I would take the "or hookworm" out of the first sentence as it leads to confusion. If there is good evidence that modern literature uses the term "hookworm" as a synonym for "hookworm infection" then this could be mentioned at a later point (it may be something of the past, therefore add it in the history section?) but does not need to be in the first sentence. The reference that User: Iztwoz added here does not convince me, seems like an arbitrary and quite old website? If you have a reference for a current medical article or other reputable source, then OK? EvM-Susana (talk) 23:06, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

I was just trying to cover the frequent later use of hookworm - which you have changed by adding infection to. Feel free to remove it.--Iztwoz (talk) 08:00, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

I've just seen that the title of ref 8 is "Hookworm: The great infection" (2005) the one I gave was (2008). Cheers --Iztwoz (talk) 08:07, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

OK, done (have added it to a section on terminology). This is interesting as the same has not happened for the other worm types like "roundworm" or "Ascaris"... EvM-Susana (talk) 09:32, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

Yes I guess one would say "I have hookworm" etc. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 13:25, 22 June 2015 (UTC)S

Should helminth be mentioned earlier in the text

Doc James - why not mention helminth in first para? Helminthiasis is referred to in para 3 - makes more sense to me to have helminth itself referred to before this. ? --Iztwoz (talk) 06:49, 3 December 2016 (UTC)

Roundworms are a type of worm or helminth sure. It is already in the name roundworm and IMO the Latin is not needed in the first sentence. We already call it a type of "helminthiasis" in paragraph three. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 07:18, 3 December 2016 (UTC)

Pathophysiology

There seems to be a lot of content lacking inline citations. The last sentence is incomplete. Is there a preference for using abbreviations for journals in Wikipedia? Wikipedia is intended for an inclusive audience. Only disciplinary insiders know what the abbreviations mean. Unlike the printed versions, Wikipedia has room for complete names.Oceanflynn (talk) 16:41, 12 December 2017 (UTC)

Why?

This

"===The Physiochemical Fingerprint of Necator Americanus=== A team of researchers at the University of Nottingham's School of Pharmacy led by Veeren Chauhan and David Pritchard, who used Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) and Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (ToF-SIMS) to capture the hookworm's exsheathment, published their research in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases in December 2017."

Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 04:27, 13 December 2017 (UTC)

This content has been removed now, right? EMsmile (talk) 00:10, 28 December 2017 (UTC)

References

Too many redundant articles

I think the various hookworm articles below need to be fixed as there's too much redundant, overlapping content. I'm thinking the "Hookworm infection" article needs to be deleted and redirected to the "Ancylostomiasis" and "Necatoriasis" articles, or those two need to be deleted and redirected to the former. Also the medical content in the Necator americanus article would need to be redirected to one of those two, with the article focusing on the zoology. We probably also need to remove all the medical content from the Hookworm article itself and direct readers to the appropriate articles.

• Hookworm
• Hookworm infection
• Necator americanus
• Ancylostomiasis
• Necatoriasis

I'm going to post this Talk item in both "Hookworm" and "Hookworm infection" so it can be seen by more editors.-Rolypolyman (talk) 15:49, 14 July 2021 (UTC)

Uh... dehumanising?

“ The hosts of these worms are not human and the larvae can only penetrate the upper five layers of the skin” — WTF? This looks like it’s saying that anyone with this infection no longer counts as human. The other end of the preceding link clearly shows a human case. 71.236.206.225 (talk) 09:03, 4 November 2022 (UTC)