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Reviewing the effects of food provisioning on wildlife immunity [PDF]

, 2018
While urban expansion increasingly encroaches on natural habitats, many wildlife species capitalize on anthropogenic food resources, which have the potential to both positively and negatively influence their responses to infection.
Babayan, Simon A., Forbes, Kristian M., Strandin, Tomas   +2 more
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Schistosoma mansoni Infection Can Jeopardize the Duration of Protective Levels of Antibody Responses to Immunizations against Hepatitis B and Tetanus Toxoid.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2016
BackgroundSchistosomiasis is a disease of major public health importance in sub-Saharan Africa. Immunoregulation begins early in schistosome infection and is characterized by hyporesponsiveness to parasite and bystander antigens, suggesting that a ...
Diana K Riner, Eric M Ndombi, Jennifer M Carter, Amos Omondi, Nupur Kittur, Emmy Kavere, Harrison K Korir, Briana Flaherty, Diana Karanja, Daniel G Colley   +9 more
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Evolution of Our Understanding of Myeloid Regulatory Cells: From MDSCs to Mregs [PDF]

, 2014
The term myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) was first suggested in 2007 in order to reflect the origin and function of myeloid cells during immunosuppression in cancer and other pathologic conditions.
Manjili, Masoud H.
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Helminth exposure and immune response to the two-dose heterologous Ad26.ZEBOV, MVA-BN-Filo Ebola vaccine regimen.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
BackgroundThe exposure to parasites may influence the immune response to vaccines in endemic African countries. In this study, we aimed to assess the association between helminth exposure to the most prevalent parasitic infections, schistosomiasis, soil ...
Houreratou Barry, Edouard Lhomme, Mathieu Surénaud, Moumini Nouctara, Cynthia Robinson, Viki Bockstal, Innocent Valea, Serge Somda, Halidou Tinto, Nicolas Meda, Brian Greenwood, Rodolphe Thiébaut, Christine Lacabaratz   +12 more
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Praziquantel in clonorchiasis and opisthorchiasis [PDF]

, 1981
A single stool examination revealed pathogenic intestinal parasites in 462 (58%) of 796 vietnamese and cambodian refugees. 56 (7.0%) were infected with Clonorchis sinensis and/or Opisthorchis viverrini. These patients received Praziquantel in a dosage of
Lang, W., Löscher, Thomas, Nothdurft, H. D., Prüfer, L., Sonnenburg, F. von   +4 more
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Convergence between helminths and breast cancer: intratumoral injection of the excretory/secretory antigens of the human parasite Toxocara canis (EST) increase lung macro and micro metastasis

Frontiers in Immunology
IntroductionWorldwide, breast cancer is the most important cancer in incidence and prevalence in women. Different risk factors interact to increase the probability of developing it.
Raúl Aragón-Franco, Rocío Alejandra Ruiz-Manzano, Karen Elizabeth Nava-Castro, Víctor Hugo Del Rìo Araiza, Claudia Angelica Garay-Canales, Armando Pérez-Torres, Romel Chacón-Salinas, Manuel Iván Girón-Pérez, Jorge Morales-Montor   +8 more
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Macrophage-derived extracellular vesicles from Ascaris lumbricoides antigen exposure enhance Mycobacterium tuberculosis growth control, reduce IL-1β, and contain miR-342-5p, miR-516b-5p, and miR-570-3p that regulate PI3K/AKT and MAPK signaling pathways

Frontiers in Immunology
BackgroundHelminth coinfection with tuberculosis (TB) can alter the phenotype and function of macrophages, which are the major host cells responsible for controlling Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb).
Giggil Pushpamithran, Robert Blomgran
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The epidemiology of gonorrhoea, chlamydial infection and syphilis in four African cities.

, 2001
OBJECTIVES: To compare the epidemiology of gonorrhoea, chlamydial infection and syphilis in four cities in sub-Saharan Africa; two with a high prevalence of HIV infection (Kisumu, Kenya and Ndola, Zambia), and two with a relatively low HIV prevalence ...
Anagonou, S, Buvé, A, Hayes, RJ, Kahindo, M, Laga, M, Morison, L, Musonda, R, Robinson, NJ, Study Group on Heterogeneity of HIV Epidemics in African Cities, Van Dyck, E, Weiss, HA, Zekeng, L   +11 more
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Human Monocytes/Macrophage Inflammatory Cytokine Changes Following in vivo and in vitro Schistomam manoni Infection

Journal of Inflammation Research, 2020
Mistire Wolde, 1, 2 Lisa C Laan, 3 Girmay Medhin, 1 Endalemaw Gadissa, 4 Nega Berhe, 1, 5 Aster Tsegaye 2 1Aklilu Lemma Institute of Pathobiology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; 2Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, College of ...
Wolde M, Laan LC, Medhin G, Gadissa E, Berhe N, Tsegaye A   +5 more
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Baylisascaris procyonis: an emerging helminthic zoonosis. [PDF]

, 2002
Baylisascaris procyonis, a roundworm infection of raccoons, is emerging as an important helminthic zoonosis, principally affecting young children. Raccoons have increasingly become peridomestic animals living in close proximity to human residences.
Ash, Lawrence R, Berlin, OGW, Morse, Stephen A, Sorvillo, Frank   +3 more
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