Assertion: hookworm | /r/CapableOf | infect animal
Facets:
value: mainly
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Another group of hookworms infecting animals can penetrate the human skin causing cutaneous larva migrans (A. braziliense, A. caninum, Uncinaria stenocephala).
text: A larger group of hookworms infecting animals can invade and parasitize humans (Ancylostoma ceylanicum) or can penetrate the human skin (causing cutaneous larva migrans), but do not develop any further (Ancylostoma braziliense, Ancylostoma caninum, Uncinaria stenocephala).
text: A group that includes local researchers has sequenced the genome of a hookworm that infects both humans and animals, an advance that could add to efforts to develop vaccines and treatments to defeat the parasite.
text: Other hookworms that mainly infect animals can also be parasites of humans (Ancylostoma ceylanicum) or can cause cutaneous larva migrans (
text: A much larger group of hookworms that infect animals can sometimes parasitise humans or penetrate human skin, but those infections are much less common.
text: Hookworm is an intestinal parasitic roundworm (or nematode) that can infect humans and animals.
text: The teen was diagnosed with hookworms, which are parasites that can infect both people and animals.
text: A larger group of hookworms infecting animals can invade and parasitize humans (A. ceylanicum) or can penetrate the human skin (causing cutaneous larva migrans), but do not develop any further (A. braziliense, A. caninum, Uncinaria stenocephala).
text: A much larger group of hookworms that infect animals can sometimes parasitize humans or penetrate human skin, but those infections are much less common.
text: Walking barefoot on a tropical beach may sound idyllic, but in some areas, you'll want to be wary of hookworms, which are parasites that can infect both people and animals.