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Results 1 - 7 of 7 for hookworms
  1. Hookworm - mouth of the organism (image) 
    This photograph shows the front section of the hookworm, and the mouth parts which it uses to ... blood for nourishment, are visible. Three species of hookworm cause infection in the United States, including this ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/1001.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  2. Hookworm - close-up of the organism (image) 
    This is the mouth part of the hookworm Ancylostoma duodenale . The hookworm uses sharp, curved cutting plates to attach to the lining of the intestine where it sucks blood for nourishment. ( ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/1002.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  3. Hookworm egg (image) 
    This is a hookworm egg. Hookworms hatch in damp vegetation. Their larvae can enter the human body through the skin, even without cuts ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/2621.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  4. Hookworm - Ancylostoma caninum (image) 
    This is a photograph of a hookworm on the lining of the intestine. (Image courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.)
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/1003.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  5. Hookworm rhabditiform larva (image) 
    The larva of a hookworm is visible in the center of this photograph.
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/2622.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  6. Cutaneous larva migrans (image) 
    ... a condition that occurs when dog or cat hookworm larvae migrate through the skin. The migration produces ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/2049.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  7. Strongyloidiasis, creeping eruption on the back (image) 
    Hookworm larvae that have migrated through the skin have caused the reddish serpiginous (snake-like) pattern on ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/2626.htm - Medical Encyclopedia