No treatment has been found to be fully effective. Strogyloilaisis is principally a disease, which is rampant in areas which poor sanitation and living conditions. Improved socioeconomic status and education are probably the long-term solutions to controlling this parasitic infection. This is a large order of nematodes which are of great economic importance both as human pathogens and parasites of veterinary animals. They are known as bursate nematodes, because of the distinctive copulatory bursa found on the posterior end of adult males.
Most species have a direct life cycle and parasitize the intestine.
First reported in Brazil, then Texas, but since found in Africa, India and South East Asia A.caninum infects dogs A. tubeforme parasitizes cats Life Cycle Direct life cycle which is similar for both Nictating Necator americanus is aided in the process of penetration by the release of proteolytic enzymes, released by the pharyngeal glands, whereas the Ancylostoma sp. appear to rely on mechanical penetration only. Heavy hookworm infections can account for as much as 200 ml of blood loss per day. The pathology due to hookworm infection is related to the intensity of infection, and can be readily demonstrated with N. americanus infections. A. duodenale , on the other hand, appear to be much more pathogenic, as few as 100 adult worms can result in severe symptoms, normally associated with a much heavier worm burden in Necator infections. Creeping eruption Control Trichostrongyles Bursate nematodes Particularly important because of the economic losses they cause when they infect domestic animals.