NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Intestinal hookworm disease in humans is caused by Ancylostoma duodenale, A. ceylanicum, and Necator americanus .

Detailed explanation-2: -2.1. The hookworm disease is caused by the blood sucking nematodes, Ancylostoma duodenale, A. ceylanicum and Necator americanus, commonly known as hookworms, in the intestine of human.

Detailed explanation-3: -hookworm disease, also called ancylostomiasis or uncinariasis, parasitic infestation of humans, dogs, or cats caused by bloodsucking worms living in the small intestine-sometimes associated with secondary anemia. Several species of hookworms can cause the disease.

Detailed explanation-4: -The most serious effects of hookworm infection are the development of anemia and protein deficiency caused by blood loss at the site of the intestinal attachment of the adult worms.

Detailed explanation-5: -duodenale as well as, Ancylostoma braziliense, Ancylostoma caninum, and Ancylostoma ceylanicum, are anthropophilic human hookworms transmitted from infected soil and transmitted via contact with domesticated animals, such as dogs and cats which are the definitive host of these species.