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The Mosby Medical Encyclopedia 10-01-1996 hookworm, a common name for a roundworm of the genera Ancylostoma, Necator, or Uncinaria. Most hookworm infections in the Western Hemisphere are caused by the species Necator americanus. The ideas, procedures and suggestions contained in this encyclopedia ...
October 1, 1996; The Mosby Medical Encyclopedia

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