Necator americanus

Necator americanus
the American or New World hookworm, which can cause hookworm disease in humans and occasionally pigs. It resembles Ancylostoma duodenale but is shorter and more slender. Its buccal cavity contains four plates, four pharyngeal lancets, and a dorsal conic tooth. Called also Ancylostoma americanum and Uncinaria americana.

Necator americanus, showing dorsal and ventral pairs of cutting plates in the head.


Medical dictionary. 2011.

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  • Necator (nematode) — Necator Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Nematoda Class: Secernentea …   Wikipedia

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  • necator — género de gusanos nematodos parásitos. La especie N. americanus es muy parecida a la anquilostoma duodenal microfotografía [véase http://www.iqb.es/diccio/n/ne.htm#necator] Diccionario ilustrado de Términos Médicos.. Alvaro Galiano. 2010 …   Diccionario médico

  • Necator — A genus of nematode hookworms (family Ancylostomatidae, subfamily Necatorinae) distinguished by two chitinous cutting plates in the buccal cavity and fused male copulatory spicules. Species include N. americanus, the so called New World hookworm… …   Medical dictionary

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