Ancylostoma ceylanicum Hookworms in Dogs, Grenada, West Indies

Abstract

Ancylostoma ceylanicum hookworms are recognized agents of human infection in the Asia–Pacific region. We investigated prevalence of zoonotic hookworm infections in dogs in Grenada in 2021; 40.8% were infected by hookworms, including Ancylostoma ceylanicum. Surveillance of this parasite in dogs and humans is needed in tropical/subtropical countries in the Americas.

Keywords

• Ancylostoma ceylanicum
• zoonoses
• hookworms
• soil-transmitted helminths
• epidemiology
• dogs