At a follow-up appointment, doctors found 'the rash cleared up quickly ... their feces contains hookworm eggs. When a human steps on, sits on or touches that soil, the larva can burrow into ...

Oregon Woman Finds 14 Worms in Her Eye, Becoming First Known Human in History with Rare Infection “I just had this vision of hookworms making babies inside my baby’s body!” Kelli recalls.

An infection cannot spread between humans. Another key characteristic of a hookworm infection may come via a skin rash once they start to burrow through the skin, Dr Baumgardt noted.

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At a follow-up appointment, doctors found 'the rash cleared up quickly ... their feces contains hookworm eggs. When a human steps on, sits on or touches that soil, the larva can burrow into ...