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The public health importance of hookworm disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 June 2001

D.W.T. CROMPTON
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Abstract

The public health significance of hookworm disease is briefly reviewed. The latest evidence confirms that blood loss caused by the worms' feeding activity in the gut is a contributing factor in the development of poor iron status leading to iron-deficiency anaemia. The World Health Organization has identified adolescent girls and women of child-bearing age as high-risk groups regarding the impact of hookworm disease. The merits of treating pregnant women with anthelminthic drugs after the first trimester are discussed.

Keywords

Hookwormsiron-deficiency anaemiapregnancyanthelminthic drugs
Type
Research Article
Information
Parasitology , Volume 121 , Issue S1 , October 2000 , pp. S39 - S50
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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