| Necator americanus |
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| Human Hookworm
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| Clade V
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Hookworms attach to capillary beds in the small intestine of a host where they suck blood resulting in anemia. Hookworms (A. duodenale & N. americanus) are a major cause of chronic anemia and growth stunting in children worldwide, particularly in the tropics. An estimated 1.28 billion people are infected.
Human parasite.
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| Edinburgh University, Blaxter Laboratory and Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
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| Please contact Makedonka Mitreva to establish a collaboration.
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| Makedonka Mitreva
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| Necator americanus abstract
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NemaGene gene count :19,153 (RNAseq expression data available)
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| Codon Usage table
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| NemaBrowse
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| NemaPath
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| RNAseq data
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| cDNA assembly available
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| PRJNA72135
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| Necator americanus at WormBase
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| Necator americanus species page at WormBase ParaSite
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| Necator americanus species page at Nembase4
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