Ancyclostoma : life history of hookworms

Duration: 0:24:52

Genre: Educational | Medical

Year Published: 1966

Creator: CRM/McGraw-Hill Films: Distributor | Indiana University Audio-Visual Center: Distributor

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Shows the hookworm as a parasite which infects large numbers of people, particularly in Mideast Asia and South America. Uses microphotography and time-lapse photography to show the entire life cycle of the hookworm from the egg stage to its attachment to the human host's intestinal wall. Discusses the resulting chronic anemia due to the activity of the hookworm and considers several means of effecting possible medicinal control.

Complete Record: , Shows the hookworm as a parasite which infects large numbers of people, particularly in Mideast Asia and South America. Uses microphotography and time-lapse photography to show the entire life cycle of the hookworm from the egg stage to its attachment to the human host's intestinal wall. Discusses the resulting chronic anemia due to the activity of the hookworm and considers several means of effecting possible medicinal control.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.


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