27 Mar Huffington Post Blog on HOOKVAC

New published information reveals that intestinal worm infections rank among the most common afflictions of people living in extreme poverty. The numbers are quite astonishing.More than 800 million people are currently believed to harbor Ascaris roundworms in their gastrointestinal tract, while around 450 million people are infected with either hookworms or Trichuris whipworms. Frequently a single individual, especially a child, is simultaneously infected with two or three of these types of intestinal worms at the same time, so that the term "unholy trinity" has been used to describe them.

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