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The correct answer is C, hookworm.  Pinworm and Taenia solium infections are not associated with hypochromic (iron deficiency) anemia.  Diphyllobothrium latum can cause pernicious anemia in a small proportion of patients because of the attachment of the worm within 145 cm of the mouth.

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