Zoonotic Ancylostoma ceylanicum Hookworm Infections, Ecuador.

Authors :: Sears, William J.
Cardenas, Jorge
Kubofcik, Joseph
Nutman, Thomas B.
Cooper, Philip J.
Source :: Emerging Infectious Diseases. Sep2022, Vol. 28 Issue 9, p1867-1869. 3p.
Publication Year :: 2022
Abstract: Ancylostoma ceylanicum hookworms are zoonotic parasites that can infect humans. To detect autochthonous transmission, we analyzed human fecal samples collected in 2000. Multiparallel quantitative PCR detected infection in persons who had never traveled outside Ecuador. These data indicate human transmission of A. ceylanicum in the Americas, although endemicity remains unknown. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]