Most people have no symptoms, but others may have symptoms including: Hookworms are roundworms with heads shaped like hooks.

Canine hookworms are becoming an increasing threat to pets and people, researchers say, after finding that the parasites have developed widespread drug resistance in both North America and Australia.

When your furry friends contract a parasitic infection like hookworm or roundworm, the consequences can be severe for both them and your family ...

A fixed-dose combination of albendazole and ivermectin may be a better tool against soil-transmitted helminths, that cause intestinal infections, according to results of phase II-III clinical trial.

In this short film Dr Michael Mosley investigates hookworms - large parasites which invade our immune system. The worms have co-evolved with us to secrete chemicals which alter our immune system ...

He meets a sufferer of Crohn’s disease who infected himself with hookworms to reduce his symptoms. Infested by leeches. videoInfested by leeches In this short film Dr Michael Mosley interviews a ...