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This image depicts a close view of an Ancylostoma caninum hookworm, that was atop the villous mucosa of the small intestine of a canine patient. Blood can be seen as it was expelled by the male, as he was ingesting it from the canine host through the intestinal mucosa.
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Content Provider(s): CDC/ U.S. National Library of Medicine
Creation Date: 1952
Photo Credit: U.S. National Library of Medicine
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