Cancer, what is it?

1. Every person has cancer cells in the body. Cancer cells are not visible in the standard tests until they have multiplied to a few billion. When doctors tell cancer patients that there are no more cancer cells in their bodies after treatment, it means the tests are unable to detect the cancer cells because [...]

[ read more ]February 8th, 2010 | Diseases

Clinical aspects of Hookworm

Clinical symptoms that arise are caused by adult worms. Clinical symptoms appear when the larvae penetrate the skin is itching of the skin where the worm entered. If the larvae penetrate the skin in a number of very much, which caused the itch will be more and can cause secondary infections. The itching is caused [...]

[ read more ]February 4th, 2010 | Worm

Morphology and life cycle of hookworm

Cylindrical adult worms. The female worm has a body length 9-13mm while the male worm’s body length 5-10mm. N. Americanus, one of this worm species has a body shape like the letter “S” and “A”. While A. Duodenale body shape like the letter “C”. Oral cavity wide and open. Mouth N. Americanus has a pair [...]

[ read more ]February 1st, 2010 | Worm