Hookworm, a disease that is, according to an article published on the National Institutes of Health’s website entitled  “ Human Hookworm Infection in the 21st  Century ,” “ intimately linked to poverty and economic underdevelopment,” is prevalent chiefly “throughout much of sub-Saharan Africa as well as in South China, the Pacific and Southeast Asia.”   Hookworms ravage the body of their victim, typically entering through the feet. Once hookworms are in the body, they cause a