<prompt> Cutaneous larva migrans is caused by: September 2012A. brazilienseToxocara caniStrongyloidesNecator americana  <response>: Ans. A i.e. A. braziliense Cutaneous larva migransCLM It is a skin disease in humans, caused by the larvae of various nematode parasites of the hookworm family Ancylostomatidae. The most common species causing this disease in the Americas is Ancylostoma braziliense. These parasites live in the intestines of dogs, cats and wild animals and should not be confused with other members of the hookworm family for which humans are definitive hosts, namely Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus. Colloquially called creeping eruption due to its presentation, the disease is also somewhat ambiguously known as ground itch or in some pas of the Southern USA sandworms, as the larvae like to live in sandy soil. Another vernacular name is plumbers itch. The medical term CLM literally means wandering larvae in the skin 