11. My lettuce has hookworm , my cabbage has hives, 12. Some research conducted has shown favourable results using hookworms to treat coeliac disease. 13. Hookworm and other diseases sapped the vitality of a large fraction of Southerners.14. Larval counts in stools also went down, as well as hookworm prevalence. 15. She is credited with eliminating several contagious diseases from Kentucky, including hookworm . 16. Hookworm larvae infect humans by burrowing through the feet from contaminated soil or vegetation.17. There is also a scabies epidemic and hookworm . 18. Overall parasites and hookworms are killing off enough pups to place them in endangerment. 19. Stiles is remembered for his investigations of parasitic diseases such as trichinosis and hookworm . 20. Many of the workers and their families suffered from yaws, hookworm and malaria.