Zoonotic <i>Ancylostoma ceylanicum</i> Hookworm Infections, Ecuador
William J. Sears, Jorge Cárdenas, Joseph Kubofcik, Thomas B. Nutman, Philip J. Cooper
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.
Topics & Concepts
AncylostomaHookworm infectionFecesHookworm InfectionsAncylostomiasisBiologyTransmission (telecommunications)VirologyHelminthiasisHelminthsZoologyMicrobiologyEngineeringElectrical engineeringParasites and Host InteractionsParasite Biology and Host InteractionsParasitic Diseases Research and Treatment