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Ancylostoma caninum

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Ancylostoma /An·cy·los·to·ma/ (an″sĭ-los´tah-mah) a genus of hookworms (family Ancylostomidae).
Ancylostoma america´num  Necator americanus.
Ancylostoma brazilien´se  a species parasitizing dogs and cats in tropical areas; its larvae may cause creeping eruption in humans.
Ancylostoma cani´num  the common hookworm of dogs and cats; its larvae may cause creeping eruption in humans.
Ancylostoma ceylo´nicum  A. braziliense.
Ancylostoma duodena´le  the common European or Old World hookworm, parasitic in the small intestine, causing hookworm disease.
Ancylostoma ca·ni·num (k-nnm)
n.
A species of hookworm that can infest human skin.
Ancylostoma [an″sĭ-los´to-mah]
a genus of parasitic hookworms.
Ancylostoma america´num Necator americanus.
Ancylostoma brazilien´se a species parasitic in dogs and cats in tropical and subtropical regions; its larvae may cause a creeping eruption in humans.
Ancylostoma cani´num the common hookworm of dogs and cats.
Ancylostoma duodena´le a common hookworm parasitic in the human small intestine.
Ancylostoma
a genus of nematode parasites (hookworm) belonging to the family Ancylostomatidae.
Ancylostoma brasiliense
a species parasitic in dogs and cats in tropical and subtropical regions; its larvae may cause creeping eruption in humans.
Ancylostoma caninum
the common hookworm of dogs.
Ancylostoma ceylanicum
a hookworm of dogs and cats in Asia; resembles A. braziliense.
Ancylostoma tubaeforme
the hookworm of cats.
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The letter stated that a labeling item for Heartgard Plus (ivermectin/pyrantel) compared the drug with milbemycin oxime (MBO) products and selamectin in treatment of canine parasites with zoonotic potential that may "call into question the efficacy" of MBOs in the treatment of Ancylostoma caninum.
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The search for proteins that might stimulate hookworm immunity led Hotez and Cappello to isolate and purify an anticlotting protein from Ancylostoma caninum, a species of worms that infects both dogs and people.
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Corvas published the three abstracts presented in the October issue of Circulation, a journal of the American Heart Association, on data pertaining to preclinical studies of a unique family of small protein antithrombotic agents from the blood-feeding hookworm Ancylostoma caninum.
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