Hookworm rhabditiform larva:

The larva of a hookworm is visible in the center of this photograph.
- Reviewed last on: 9/28/2008
- Jatin M. Vyas, PHD, MD, Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Assistant in Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.