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Ancylostoma caninum


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Image: Anterior end of adult Ancylostoma caninum.

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Common Name: Dog Hookworm
Disease: Hookworms attach to capillary beds in the small intestine of a host where they suck blood resulting in anemia. The dog hookworm can be used as a disease model for the human hookworm.
Animal parasite.
Clade V. Strongylid
Libraries: A. caninum Library Descriptions
Available ESTs: 9,331
Planned ESTs: Completed
NemaGene Cluster Status: 4,020 Nemagene clusters available
Sequencing: The Washington University Nematode EST Project, Genome Sequencing Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
GSC Collaborators: John Hawdon, George Washington University, Washington DC. mtmjmh@gwumc.edu
Prema Arasu, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina. Prema_Arasu@ncsu.edu
Links: parasitology.org facts
Animal Parasitic Nematode Links
Contact: Makedonka Mitreva
Reference: Citation Reference

 

 

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