How to Use hookworm in a Sentence

hookworm

noun

• Adult hookworms live in the gut, and their eggs are spread through feces.
  — Bradley Van Paridon, Scientific American, 1 June 2023
• Both dogs also had hookworms, the report states.
  — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 9 Jan. 2026
• Half the patients received hookworms for the treatment and half got a placebo.
  — Nick Blackmer, Verywell Health, 31 July 2023
• That said, most species of hookworms can't migrate that far in humans and tend to just squirm around aimlessly in skin tissue.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 1 Mar. 2018
• The waste pooling in yards may have contributed to a rise in hookworm in the population.
  — Dennis Pillion | [email protected], al, 7 June 2023
• The vet team later discovered that the poodle was also suffering from hookworms and skin sores.
  — Fox News, 28 July 2019
• The kinds of intestinal worms that dogs can get are most commonly roundworm, hookworm, whipworm, and tapeworm.
  — Dr. John De Jong, Boston Herald, 18 Jan. 2026
• Drug-resistant hookworms are spreading among pet dogs, and researchers have traced their origins to greyhounds raised for racing.
  — Laura Helmuth, Scientific American, 1 June 2023
• Generally, hookworms affect the feet and buttocks and are transmitted through soil or sand.
  — Caitlin Wolper, Teen Vogue, 28 July 2018
• Intestinal parasites like hookworms and whipworms rank among the world’s most pressing public health crises.
  — Kate Golembiewski, Discover Magazine, 1 Aug. 2024
• Kelli later took to Facebook to warn others about hookworms and requesting prayers.
  — Caitlin Wolper, Teen Vogue, 28 July 2018
• In Lowndes County, some residents were sickened by hookworms linked to raw sewage.
  — Tammy Webber, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2026
• Stephens and Zytner were diagnosed with larva migrans, or hookworms.
  — Mary Bowerman, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2018
• Beaches and sandboxes are common places to find parasitic hookworms.
  — Macaela MacKenzie, Allure, 30 Jan. 2018
• It was also infested with hookworms, according to the report.
  — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 9 Jan. 2026
• Critically, the point of this research wasn’t to evaluate whether or not hookworm therapy works.
  — Sarah Sloat, Health, 26 July 2023
• Oceans have absorbed 60 percent more heat than previously thought, which is causing more fur seals to suffer from hookworm.
  — Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's magazine, 10 Jan. 2019
• The first drug being produced by the company is a generic treatment for hookworm called albendazole.
  — Dom Difurio, Dallas News, 19 Jan. 2021
• The pinworm is the most common intestinal parasite, followed closely by the hookworm.
  — Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 6 Apr. 2017
• But research in the past decade has also shown in mice models that the hookworm stimulates an immune response that can help protect human tissue.
  — Eric Niiler, Wired, 13 Aug. 2020
• How did hookworm shape the economics of the postbellum southern United States?
  — Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 23 Apr. 2013
• The very first big project the foundation took on was eradicating hookworm in the American South.
  — Christopher Dilella, CNBC, 17 Feb. 2026
• The extent of hookworm infection was properly assessed in the mid to late 1800s.
  — Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 31 Oct. 2014
• Parvovirus, hookworms and roundworms can be left in the soil and can be transmitted to people and other animals through contact with the infected soil.
  — Cathy M. Rosenthal, ExpressNews.com, 6 Mar. 2020
• Hundreds of millions of people suffer from parasitic infections, like hookworm.
  — Breanna Draxler, Discover Magazine, 28 Dec. 2012
• Medical researchers have been studying the role of the hookworm, a parasite that causes intestinal disease in humans and leads to anemia.
  — Eric Niiler, Wired, 13 Aug. 2020
• Dogs could also ingest intestinal parasites, such as roundworms or hookworms, left from animal droppings.
  — Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
• In addition to risks of hookworms and roundworms, pets are also vulnerable to whipworm, giardia and coccidia.
  — Julia Wuerz, The Conversation, 6 Feb. 2024
• Emergencies requiring blood donations run the gamut, and include flea and tick anemia, severe hookworm infections, cancer, and being hit by a car.
  — Southern Living, 24 Aug. 2017
• Mebendazole is an antiparisitc drug developed in 1972 to treat infections from pinworms, hookworms, roundworms and the like.
  — Meredith Cohn, baltimoresun.com, 20 July 2017