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Ascaris lumbricoides coinfection reduces tissue damage by decreasing IL-6 levels without altering clinical evolution of pulmonary tuberculosis or Th1/Th2/Th17 cytokine profile

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2019
INTRODUCTION: Immunological control of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection is dependent on the cellular immune response, mediated predominantly by Th1 type CD4+ T cells.
João Hugo Abdalla Santos, Samira Bührer-Sékula, Gisely Cardoso Melo, Marcelo Cordeiro-Santos, João Paulo Diniz Pimentel, Adriano Gomes-Silva, Allyson Guimarães Costa, Valeria Saraceni, Alda Maria Da-Cruz, Marcus Vinícius Guimarães Lacerda   +9 more
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<i>Ascaris lumbricoides</i> eggs or artefacts? A diagnostic conundrum. [PDF]

Parasitology, 2021
Abstract Due to the presence of artefacts in stool samples, the copromicroscopic diagnosis of Ascaris lumbricoides is not always straightforward, particularly in the case of fertilized decorticated eggs.
Maurelli MP, Alves LC, Aggarwal CS, Cociancic P, Levecke B, Cools P, Montresor A, Ianniello D, Gualdieri L, Cringoli G, Rinaldi L.   +10 more
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Deep Learning Approach for Ascaris lumbricoides Parasite Egg Classification. [PDF]

J Parasitol Res, 2021
A. lumbricoides infection affects up to 1/3 of the world population (approximately 1.4 billion people worldwide). It has been estimated that 1.5 billion cases of infection globally and 65,000 deaths occur due to A. lumbricoides.
Butploy N, Kanarkard W, Maleewong Intapan P.   +2 more
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Atividade de detergentes e desinfetantes sobre a evolução dos ovos de Ascaris lumbricoides Effects of detergents and disinfectants on the development of Ascaris lumbricoides eggs [PDF]

Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2003
A infecção por Ascaris lumbricoides decorre da ingestão de ovos embrionados deste parasita, o que justifica a pesquisa de substâncias que tenham efeito deletério sobre estes ovos.
Cristiano Lara Massara, Rafaela Salgado Ferreira, Luiz Dias de Andrade, Henrique Leonardo Guerra, Omar dos Santos Carvalho   +4 more
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PCR-RFLP screening of polymorphisms associated with benzimidazole resistance in Necator americanus and Ascaris lumbricoides from different geographical regions in Brazil

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2018
Ascaris lumbricoides and Necator americanus are soil-transmitted parasites with global geographic distribution, and they represent some of the most common and neglected infections in the world.
Luciana W. Zuccherato, Luis Fernando Viana Furtado, Celi da Silva Medeiros, Carina S. Pinheiro, Élida Mara Leite Rabelo   +4 more
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A case of atopic dermatitis caused by Ascaris lumbricoides infection

Clinical and Molecular Allergy, 2018
Background Parasite infections stimulate total and specific IgE production that, in the case of Toxocara canis infection, corresponds to chronic allergic symptoms.
Rosanna Qualizza, Laura M Losappio, Fabiana Furci   +2 more
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Detection of Ascaris lumbricoides infection by ABA-1 coproantigen ELISA. [PDF]

PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 2020
Intestinal worms, or soil-transmitted helminths (STHs), affect hundreds of millions of people in all tropical and subtropical regions of the world. The most prevalent STH is Ascaris lumbricoides.
Lagatie O, Verheyen A, Van Hoof K, Lauwers D, Odiere MR, Vlaminck J, Levecke B, Stuyver LJ.   +7 more
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Ascaris lumbricoides: prevalence and associated factors among pre-school children in Rukiga district, Uganda: a cross-sectional study [PDF]

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background Ascaris lumbricoides infestation remains a public health problem worldwide. It mainly affects children resulting into undernutrition, impaired growth and physical development, intestinal obstruction and death.
Martine Kasiita, Stephen Businge, Agnes Napyo, James K. Tumwine   +3 more
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Prevalence of Ascaris lumbricoides in contaminated faecal samples of children residing in urban areas of Lahore, Pakistan

Scientific Reports, 2020
Ascariasis is a common public health problem of preschool and primary school children in developing countries like Pakistan. The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence and pattern of Ascaris lumbericoides (A.
Shahida Azhar Ali, Sadaf Niaz, Liliana Aguilar-Marcelino, Wajid Ali, Majid Ali, Adil Khan, Sohail Amir, Nasreen, Abdullah D. Alanazi, Raquel Cossio-Bayugar, Itzel Amaro-Estrada   +10 more
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Development of a Loop Mediated Isothermal Amplification for Diagnosis ofAscaris lumbricoidesin Fecal Samples [PDF]

Journal of Parasitology Research, 2016
Ascaris lumbricoides is a nematode parasite that causes the common tropical infection ascariasis in humans. It is also considered among the neglected tropical diseases.
Esther A. Shiraho, Agola L. Eric, Ibrahim N. Mwangi, Geoffrey Maina, Joseph M. Kinuthia, Martin W. Mutuku, Robert M. Mugambi, Jackson M. Mwandi, Gerald M. Mkoji   +8 more
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