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Allergic Disorders in Africa and Africans: Is it Primarily a Priority? [PDF]

, 2010
In Africa, the burden of some diseases has been a problem for centuries. The spectrum of African diseases includes allergies, infections, nutritional deficiencies, and natural disasters.
Adams, Araujo, Araujo, Asmah, Breman, Brugman, Butler, Carvalho, Chaisson, Cooper, Cooper, Cooper, Cullinan, Dagoye, Dagoye, Du Toit, Erasto Vitus Mbugi, Estmbale, Gadermaier, Grant, Jaffu Othniel Chilongola, Jeannin, Jeebhay, Jeebhay, Kamradt, Linneberg, Linneberg, Lopata, Lynch, Lynch, Madsen, Marshall, Matricardi, Matricardi, Mercer, Modjarrad, Moore, Motala, Ndiaye, Nicolaou, Nyan, Obeng, Obihara, Obihara, Obihara, Obihara, Obihara, Obihara, Okano, Pacifico, Palyvos, Pawankar, Platts-Mills, Potter, Potter, Potter, Potter, Rauter, Riedler, Scrivener, Sibanda, Sibanda, Steinman, Thyssen, Tohon, van den Biggelaar, van den Biggelaar, van den Biggelaar, van der Kleij, van Niekerk, Van Niekerk, Veien, Veien, Vergara, Weinberg, Westritschnig, Wuthrich, Yazdanbakhsh, Yazdanbakhsh, Yazdanbakhsh, Zar   +80 more
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SEROPOSITIVITY FOR ASCARIOSIS AND TOXOCARIOSIS AND CYTOKINE EXPRESSION AMONG THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN THE VENEZUELAN DELTA REGION

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2015
The present study aimed at measuring seropositivities for infection by Ascaris suum and Toxocara canis using the excretory/secretory (E/S) antigens from Ascaris suum (AES) and Toxocara ...
Zaida Araujo, Sietze Brandes, Elena Pinelli, María A. Bochichio, Andrea Palacios, Albina Wide, Bruno Rivas-Santiago, Juan Carlos Jiménez   +7 more
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Local cytokine transcription in naïve and previously infected sheep and lambs following challenge with Teladorsagia circumcincta [PDF]

, 2014
<b>Background</b><p></p> The abomasal helminth Teladorsagia circumcincta is one of the most economically important parasites affecting sheep in temperate regions.
Craig, Nicola M, Knight, Pamela A, Morrison, Ivan W, Pate, Judith A, Smith, David W   +4 more
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Associations Between Helminth Infections, Plasmodium falciparum Parasite Carriage and Antibody Responses to Sexual and Asexual Stage Malarial Antigens. [PDF]

, 2016
Infections with helminths and Plasmodium spp. overlap in their geographical distribution. It has been postulated that helminth infections may influence malarial transmission by altering Plasmodium falciparum gametocytogenesis.
Adegnika, Ayola Akim, Agobe, Jean-Claude Dejon, Ateba-Ngoa, Ulysse, Bousema, Teun, Honkpehedji, Josiane, Jones, Sophie, Massinga-Loembe, Marguerite, Mordmüller, Benjamin, Yazdanbakhsh, Maria, Zinsou, Jeannot Fréjus   +9 more
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Immunological basis of septal fibrosis of the liver in Capillaria hepatica-infected rats

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 2003
Rats infected with the helminth Capillaria hepatica regularly develop septal fibrosis of the liver similar to that induced by repeated ip injections of pig serum.
Lemos Q.T., Magalhães-Santos I.F., Andrade Z.A.   +2 more
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Nematode control in 'green' ruminant production systems [PDF]

, 2004
Collectively, nematode parasites of domestic ruminants continue to pose the greatest disease problem in grazing livestock systems worldwide, despite the powerful and extensive chemotherapeutic arsenal available for their control.
Thamsborg, Stig M., Waller, Peter J.
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A survey of coccidian infection (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidaea) of freshwater fish in South Africa [PDF]

, 2005
Fish coccidia, especially Goussia and Eimeria spp., are common and frequent parasites of fish. The majority of the known species has been described from the Eurasian continent.
Avenant-Oldewage, Annemarie, Molnár, Kálmán, Székely, Csaba   +2 more
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Misoprostol in the management of the third stage of labour in the home delivery setting in rural Gambia: a randomised controlled trial. [PDF]

, 2005
OBJECTIVE: To assess the effectiveness of 600 microg oral misoprostol on postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) and postpartum anaemia in a low income country home birth situation. DESIGN: Double blind randomised controlled trial.
Blum, Jennifer, Dampha, Yusupha, Morison, Linda, Sloan, Nancy, Sowe, Maimuna, Walraven, Gijs, Winikoff, Beverly   +6 more
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Immunization with PIII, a fraction of Schistosoma mansoni soluble adult worm antigenic preparation, affects nitric oxide production by murine spleen cells

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1998
Nitric oxide (NO) is an important effector molecule involved in immune regulation and defense. NO produced by cytokine-activated macrophages was reported to be cytotoxic against the helminth Schistosoma mansoni.
Diana Magalhães de Oliveira, Silvânia Antunes do Carmo, David N Silva-Teixeira, Alfredo Miranda Goes   +3 more
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The effect of anthelmintic treatment during pregnancy on HIV plasma viral load: results from a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in Uganda. [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: To investigate the effect of helminth infections and their treatment during pregnancy on HIV load, we conducted a 2 × 2 factorial randomized controlled trial of albendazole versus placebo and praziquantel versus placebo in pregnant women in ...
Elliott, Alison M, Kaleebu, Pontiano, Kizito, Dennison, Kyosiimire-Lugemwa, Jacqueline, Lule, Swaib, Muhangi, Lawrence, Muwanga, Moses, Nkurunziza, Peter, Webb, Emily L   +8 more
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