Bloody Diarrhea Associated with Hookworm Infection in Traveler Returning to France from Myanmar

Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Oct;21(10):1878-9. doi: 10.3201/eid2110.150695.
No abstract available

Keywords: Ancylostoma ceylanicum; Myanmar; bloody diarrhea; hookworm; infection; parasites; tourist; zoonoses.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Ancylostoma / genetics*
  • Ancylostoma / parasitology
  • Ancylostomiasis / epidemiology*
  • Animals
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging / epidemiology
  • France / epidemiology
  • Hookworm Infections / epidemiology*
  • Hookworm Infections / pathology
  • Hookworm Infections / transmission
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Myanmar / epidemiology
  • Zoonoses / epidemiology