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It sucks the blood of the host human from its intestine and may cause severe anemia.
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How does a hookworm effect a human?
Hookworms live in the intestines and suck blood from the human host through the intestinal wall.
What symmetry is the hookworm in?
Is a hookworm radial
What kind of parasite hookworm?
Hookworm is endoparasites. From: Micol Colico :)
How do you use the word hookworm in a sentence?
The doctor administered a hookworm prevention shot.
How do hookworm larvae cause an itch?
Itching also may be caused when any of the family of hookworm larvae penetrate the skin. This includes swimmer's itch and creeping eruption caused by cat or dog hookworm, and ground itch caused by the "true" hookworm.
Is hookworm parasite?
Yes, a hookworm is a parasite that sucks blood via the tissue of an intestine it infects.
Which phylum of worms has a false coelom and a complete digestive tract?
aschelminthes
What phylum does pinworms and hookworm belong to?
Pinworms belong to the phylum Nematoda, which consists of roundworms, while hookworms also belong to the same phylum Nematoda.
How does the hookworms find its host?
It is more so that the host finds a hookworm in Hot Humid regions of the earth in soil fertile in human excrement.
How do the mature hookworm larva come into contact with human skin?
usually bare feet walking in the dirt or bare hands digging in the dirt
Is hookworm endoparasites?
yes
What is the phylum of the hookworm?
Nematoda
