hookworm
- hookworms inside a person’s body
a kind of worm – parasite (= living inside the body of other animals and take food, mostly blood, directly from them; the animal that these parasites live in is called a ‘host’) –
very small, only 5-11 mm (millimetres) long
with teeth-like organs in the ‘mouth hole’ to attach themselves to other animals; lives for (some species) 6 months, (some other) 1-5 years, and (yet some other) 15 years; there are very many species (kinds) found all over the world
Special Features:
Though there are numerous species of hookworm, only two species attack/infect people!
- a hookworm infected foot
The infected host, the animal that is attacked by hookworms, suffers from blood deficiency, called ‘anaemia’.
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