[seraphsf]

I know a person who contracted a transient parasite infection, possibly hookworm, while doing research in Africa and walking around barefoot. In the decade+ since, they’ve suffered terribly from debilitating and incurable auto-immune diseases brought on by the initial parasite infection.

So, YMMV.

[prometheus76]

I agree that caution is in order. The question above just reminded me of the story so I thought I'd pass it along because it was from 2012.