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# Hookworm infectious disease

Therapeutic area

Infectious Disease

Rare disease

No

## Definition and classification

**Definition**

Infection of humans or animals with hookworms other than those caused by the genus Ancylostoma or Necator, for which the specific terms ancylostomiasis and necatoriasis are available.

**Genetic basis**

No

**Non-human condition**

No

**Rare disease**

No

**Listing at source**

Listed

**Condition name**

Hookworm infectious disease

**Therapeutic area**

Infectious Disease

### Alternative names (6)

- hookworm infectious disease
- Bunostomiases
- Bunostomiasis
- hookworm infection
- infection, hookworm
- infections, hookworm

## Clinical profile

**Disease mechanisms**

- Acquired

**All therapeutic areas**

- Infectious Disease

**Severity**

Severe

## Identifiers

**MONDO ID**

MONDO:0005799

Source: [monarchinitiative.org](https://monarchinitiative.org/MONDO:0005799)

**Parent condition**

MONDO:0005550

## Related records

### Broader conditions (5)

- Disease
- Disease by etiologic mechanism
- Disease of primarily extrinsic mechanism
- Human disease
- [Infectious disease](https://trialight.com/data/condition/infectious-disease-dadc2591-65fc-5842-b510-cfbc295d8093.md)

### Trials (39)

- Albendazole Dose Finding and Pharmacokinetics in Children and Adults
- Combination Therapies for Trichuris Trichiura Infection in Schoolchildren in Honduras
- Development of a Skin Test for the Na-ASP-2 Hookworm Antigen
- Effectiveness of Combined Albendazole and Ivermectin Treatment for Intestinal Worm Infections
- Efficacy and Safety of a New Chewable Versus the Swallowable Tablet of Mebendazole Against Hookworm
- Efficacy and Safety of Emodepside in Adolescents and Adults Infected With Hookworm
- Efficacy and Safety of Emodepside in Adults Infected With Trichuris Trichiura and Hookworm
- Efficacy and Safety of Emodepside in Participants With Soil-transmitted Helminth Infections
- Efficacy and Safety of Emodepside in Participants With Soil-transmitted Helminth Infections
- Efficacy and Safety of MOX/ALB Co-administration
- Efficacy and Safety of MOX/ALB vs. IVM/ALB Co-administration
- Efficacy and Safety of Moxidectin-Albendazole Co-administration in SAC
- Efficacy and Safety of Oxantel Pamoate in Children Infected With Trichuris Trichiura
- Efficacy of Albendazole to Treat Intestinal Helminths and Its Effect on Gut Microflora
- Efficacy of Na-GST-1/Alhydrogel Hookworm Vaccine Assessed by Controlled Challenge Infection
- Efficacy, Safety and Acceptability of Ivermectin ODT in PSAC
- Evaluating Impact of Improved Floors on Health
- Experimental Infection of Hookworm-naïve Adults With Dermally-applied Infectious Necator Americanus Hookworm Larvae
- Hookworm Immune Regulation Project
- Iron Absorption and Utilization in Adolescents Infected With Malaria Parasites, Hookworms or Schistosoma

### Drugs in development (6)

- Albendazole Phase 2
- [Aluminum hydroxide](https://trialight.com/data/asset/aluminum-hydroxide-a0230a1f-a5e2-439f-baa2-2b988b59e46d.md) Phase 2
- Emodepside Phase 2
- GLA-AF Phase 2
- [Hepatitis B virus hbsag surface protein antigen](https://trialight.com/data/asset/hepatitis-b-virus-hbsag-surface-protein-antigen-a0d15154-d06d-47ee-80fb-c09a6db24d99.md) Phase 1
- Mebendazole Phase 2

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