Humans and great apes cohabiting the forest ecosystem in central african republic harbour the same hookworms.

• Main Authors: Hideo Hasegawa (Author), David Modrý (Author), Masahiro Kitagawa (Author), Kathryn A Shutt (Author), Angelique Todd (Author), Barbora Kalousová (Author), Ilona Profousová (Author), Klára J Petrželková (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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Hookworms are important pathogens of humans. To date, Necator americanus is the sole, known species of the genus Necator infecting humans. In contrast, several Necator species have been described in African great apes and other primates. It has not yet been determined whether primate-originating Nec...