Similarly, Sowemimo and Asaolu (2008) conducted a survey to determine prevalence of
Ancylostoma spp.
Juana Maria Coha para optar el Grado de Bachiller "Investigacion de Shiguellas en aguas de regadio de terrenos hortalizas de los alrededores de Lima" y de Doctorado en Ciencias Biologicas: "Dinamica de implantacion masiva experimental de
Ancylostoma caninum ERCOLANI 1859 y sus proyecciones aplicativas".
Contaminacao da areia do Balneario de Laguna, SC, por
Ancylostoma spp., e Toxocara spp., em amostras fecais de caes e gatos.
duodenale genome (Ad2) was used on samples positive for
Ancylostoma DNA by qPCR with primer-probe set Ad1, none was positive.
caninum or
Ancylostoma spp.--positive animals, two of their owners never collected/cleaned the feces and three did it in a weekly basis (FIG.
Haratamori technique [18] was used to culture and hatch hookworm eggs to differentiate Necator americanus filariform larvae from those of
Ancylostoma duodenale.
Common parasites present in dog feces collected from public areas, including
Ancylostoma caninum and Toxocara canis, are zoonotic and produce clinical symptoms such as cutaneous larva migrans and ocular larva migrans, respectively [14].
The main cause of intestinal parasite infection is soil-borne worm called soil-transmitted helminths (STH), roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides), whipworm (Trichuris trichiura), and hookworm (
Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus) [1-4].
The patient was empirically treated with Ibuprofen (600 mg tid) and Doxycycline (100 mg bid), until further microbiological tests (faeces and urine) revealed an
Ancylostoma duodenale/Necator americanus infection.
Among hookworms,
Ancylostoma braziliense is regarded as the most common cause of cutaneous larva migrans in humans.