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Eosinophilic enteritis due to Ancylostoma

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Link to WHO Definition

Eosinophilic enteritis due to Ancylostoma – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1324852800

A disease of the gastrointestinal tract, caused by the parasitic worm Ancylostoma caninum for whom humans are accidental hosts. This disease is characterised by abdominal pain, diarrhoea, weight loss, or melaena and eosinophilia. This disease may also be asymptomatic. Transmission is by direct contact with larvae from soil or sand contaminated with dog or cat faeces (by percutaneous migration of larvae), or ingestion of larvae. Confirmation is commonly by identification of Ancylostoma caninum in the intestines, or eosinophilic infiltrates in a sample from the intestines.