Assertion: hookworm | /r/Causes | injury
Facets:
value: through intestinal blood loss
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Hookworms cause injury through intestinal blood loss that results from attachment of adult parasites to the mucosa and submucosa of the small intestine with resultant rupture of capillaries in the mucosa and arterioles in the submucosa (reviewed by Hotez et al.