| T number | T04867 |
| Org_code | nai |
| Name | Necator americanus (New World hookworm) |
| Annotation | yes |
| Taxonomy | TAX: 51031 |
| Lineage | Eukaryota; Metazoa; Ecdysozoa; Nematoda; Chromadorea; Rhabditida; Rhabditina; Rhabditomorpha; Strongyloidea; Ancylostomatidae; Bunostominae; Necator |
| Brite | KEGG organisms [BR:br08601]
KEGG organisms in the NCBI taxonomy [BR:br08610]
KEGG organisms in taxonomic ranks [BR:br08611]
KEGG organisms: animals [BR:br08612] |
| Data source | RefSeq (Assembly: GCF_000507365.1 Scaffold)
BioProject: 279932 |
| Keywords | Human pathogen |
| Disease | H01092 Hookworm disease |
| Comment | Human hookworm.
Predominant soil-transmitted human parasite.
Adult worms feed on blood in the small intestine, causing iron-deficiency anemia, malnutrition, growth and development stunting in children, and severe morbidity and mortality during pregnancy in women.
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| Statistics | Number of protein genes: 19165
Number of RNA genes: 110
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| Created | 2017 |
| Reference | PMID: 24441737 |
| Authors | Tang YT, Gao X, Rosa BA, Abubucker S, Hallsworth-Pepin K, Martin J, Tyagi R, Heizer E, Zhang X, Bhonagiri-Palsikar V, et al. |
| Title | Genome of the human hookworm Necator americanus. |
| Journal | Nat Genet 46:261-9 (2014)
DOI: 10.1038/ng.2875 |
| Reference | PMID: 11812491 |
| Authors | Hu M, Chilton NB, Gasser RB |
| Title | The mitochondrial genomes of the human hookworms, Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus (Nematoda: Secernentea). |
| Journal | Int J Parasitol 32:145-58 (2002)
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(01)00316-2 |
Necator americanus (New World hookworm)