American hookworm - Necator americanus

Japanese: アメリカ鉤虫 - アメリカコウチュウ(英語表記)Necator americanus
American hookworm - Necator americanus
A nematode (roundworm) with a body length of about 10 mm and a body width of about 0.4 mm that parasitizes the human small intestine. It belongs to the order Strongyloides of the phylum Nematoda and the family Coleoptera, and together with the Zubiniko nematode, it is also called the duodenal worm and is a representative type of human parasitic coleoptera. It is distributed in tropical and temperate regions of Central and South America, Africa, and Asia. Adult worms have a pair of tooth plates in their mouth pouch and bite into the small intestinal mucosa to ingest blood and tissue fluids. The amount of blood lost from the intestine during this process is estimated to be about 0.03 ml per worm per day (1/5 to 1/7 of that of the Zubiniko nematode).

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
ヒトの小腸に寄生する体長約10mm,体幅約0.4mmのセンチュウ(線虫)。線形動物門円虫目コウチュウ科に属し,ズビニコウチュウとともにジュウニシチョウチュウ(十二指腸虫)ともいわれ,人体寄生コウチュウの代表的な種類である。中南米やアフリカ,アジアの熱帯から温帯に分布する。成虫は,口囊に1対の歯板を有し,小腸粘膜に咬着して血液および組織液を摂取する。その際の腸からの失血量は,1虫につき1日約0.03ml(ズビニコウチュウの1/5~1/7)と推定されている。

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