"Ancylostoma" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A genus of nematode intestinal parasites that consists of several species. A. duodenale is the common hookworm in humans. A. braziliense, A. ceylonicum, and A. caninum occur primarily in cats and dogs, but all have been known to occur in humans.
| Descriptor ID |
D000722
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.500.294.400.968.100.100
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| Concept/Terms |
Ancylostoma duodenale- Ancylostoma duodenale
- Hookworm, Old World
- Hookworms, Old World
- Old World Hookworm
- Old World Hookworms
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| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ancylostoma" by people in Profiles.
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Development and optimization of a high-throughput screening method utilizing Ancylostoma ceylanicum egg hatching to identify novel anthelmintics. PLoS One. 2019; 14(6):e0217019.
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Characterization of the phytochelatin synthase from the human parasitic nematode Ancylostoma ceylanicum. Mol Biochem Parasitol. 2013 Sep; 191(1):1-6.
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Peroxiredoxin-1 from the human hookworm Ancylostoma ceylanicum forms a stable oxidized decamer and is covalently inhibited by conoidin A. Chem Biol. 2013 Aug 22; 20(8):991-1001.