When I first started having the lesions, and wound up with the DOP dx, I went and talked to our family veternarian, and he suggested that the lesions looked like a worm traveling under my skin(CLM). I could never get anyone to test me for this. He thought it most likely was hookworm. This is the vet who had a friend(veternarian also)who went and worked in Florida as a volunteer after Hurricane Andrew, and contracted the parasite while working under a house there. I know there are alot of people in Europe who have this illness that we all have, I just wonder how many people in Austraila have registered with this illness........................................... ...Niecy
Geographic Distribution:
The second most common human helminthic infection (after ascariasis). Worldwide distribution, mostly in areas with moist, warm climate. Both N. americanus and A. duodenale are found in Africa, Asia and the Americas.
Necator americanus predominates in the Americas and Australia, while only A. duodenale is found in the Middle East, North Africa and southern
Europe
Just type in "hookworm" in the search bar, and there is alot of information here:
http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/HTML/Search_Choices.htm