<prompt> A mother came with her child complaining toothache, joint pain, having history of fever, itching, pallor and generalised weakness. Most probable cause for this may be?WhipwormHookwormRingwormRound worm  <response>: All the symptoms of child indicate towards iron deficiency anemiaHOOKWORM : One-fourth of the worlds population is infected with one of the two hookworm species A. duodenale and N. americanus. Most infected individuals are asymptomatic. Hookworm disease develops from a combination of factorsa heavy worm burden, a prolonged duration of infection, and an inadequate iron intakeand results in iron-deficiency anemia and, on occasion, hypoproteinemia 