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Are Ascaris lumbricoides and Ascaris suum a single species?

Parasites & Vectors, 2012
Since the original description and naming of Ascaris lumbricoides from humans by Linnaeus in 1758 and later of Ascaris suum from pigs by Goeze 1782, these species have been considered to be valid.
Leles Daniela, Gardner Scott L, Reinhard Karl, Iñiguez Alena, Araujo Adauto   +4 more
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Intestinal intussusception in an adult caused by helminthic parasitosis [PDF]

, 2016
Intestinal intussusception is an uncommon acute condition in adults and is most commonly caused by an intestinal tumor mass. Helminthic parasitosis is a widespread infection in Africa, and the load of worms is often high in individuals living in areas ...
Ciardi, Gaia, Ogwang, David M., Okello, Tom R., Opira, Cyprian, Pecorella, Irene   +4 more
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Characterization of Ascaris from Ecuador and Zanzibar [PDF]

, 2014
To shed light on the epidemiology of ascariasis in Ecuador and Zanzibar, 177 adult worms retrieved by chemo-expulsion from either people or pigs were collected, measured and subjected to polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (
A.M. Sparks, Arizono, Betson, C. Sandoval, Draper, G. Oviedo, J.R. Stothard, M. Betson, P.J. Cooper, Takata   +9 more
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Detection of enteric parasite DNA in household and bed dust samples: potential for infection transmission. [PDF]

, 2020
BACKGROUND: Enteric parasites are transmitted in households but few studies have sampled inside households for parasites and none have used sensitive molecular methods.
Calderón, E, Cooper, PJ, Garcia-Ramon, D, Lopez, A, Mejia, R, Seco-Hidalgo, V   +5 more
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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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Multi-parallel qPCR provides increased sensitivity and diagnostic breadth for gastrointestinal parasites of humans: field-based inferences on the impact of mass deworming [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: Although chronic morbidity in humans from soil transmitted helminth (STH) infections can be reduced by anthelmintic treatment, inconsistent diagnostic tools make it difficult to reliably measure the impact of deworming programs and often miss
A Ebrahim, A Jeandron, AC Clements, AJ Branscum, Alice V. Easton, B Levecke, B Nikolay, BA Boatin, Cassian Mwatele, Charles S. Mwandawiro, CR Stensvold, CV Holland, D Croce, D Engels, D Glinz, D Mupfasoni, DA Bundy, DA Bundy, DB Elkins, DJ Lunn, DM Deer, Elise M. O’Connell, FA Jonker, FL Santos, HL Guyatt, J Martin, JE Forrester, Jimmy H. Kihara, JJ Verweij, JJ Verweij, Joanne P. Webster, JP Webster, JS McCarthy, KE Hoagland, LM Assefa, LS Diamond, M Albonico, M Basuni, M Booth, M Taniuchi, Maurice R. Odiere, MO Harhay, N Katz, N Katz, NA Croll, P Hotez, PH Lamberton, R Anderson, R Bergquist, R Mejia, RD Pearson, Rita G. Oliveira, RJ Hove ten, RK Prichard, RL Pullan, RL Pullan, RM Anderson, RM Anderson, RO Cimino, Roy M. Anderson, S Brooker, S Brooker, S Knopp, S Knopp, S Knopp, S Lustigman, S Williams-Blangero, Sammy M. Njenga, SC Knowles, Simon J. Brooker, SJ Krauth, Stella Kepha, Thomas B. Nutman, TW Jia, WHO, XP Ye   +75 more
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Molecular Epidemiology of Ascariasis: A Global Perspective on the Transmission Dynamics of Ascaris in People and Pigs [PDF]

, 2014
Background The roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides infects 0.8 billion people worldwide, and Ascaris suum infects innumerable pigs across the globe. The extent of natural cross-transmission of Ascaris between pig and human hosts in different geographical ...
Bendall, R P, Betson, M, Copenhagen, Deb, R M, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Nejsum, P, Stothard, J R   +6 more
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Prevalence and intensity of soil-transmitted helminth infections among school-age children in the Cagayan Valley, the Philippines

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2021
Objective: To identify the prevalence of soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH) among school-age children in the Cagayan Valley, the Philippines, assess their level of awareness on the disease, and determine predisposing factors of the disease.
Ryan V Labana, Vimar A Romero, Analette M Guinto, Alvin N Caril, Kimberly D Untalan, Alejandro Jose C. Reboa, Khristine L Sandoval, Kristel Joy S. Cada, Gary Antonio C. Lirio, Iris Rowena A. Bernardo, Lanieleen Jerah Mae Arocha, Julieta Z Dungca   +11 more
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Role of the employment status and education of mothers in the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections in Mexican rural schoolchildren [PDF]

, 2006
<p><b>Background:</b> Intestinal parasitic infections are a public health problem in developing countries such as Mexico. As a result, two governmental programmes have been implemented: a) "National Deworming Campaign" and b ...
BD Cabrera, C Diaz, CF Contreras, CV Holland, D Prakash, D Sanjur, DAP Bundy, David WT Crompton, E Carrera, EK Markell, F Curtale, Gloria Morales, H Wamani, INEGI, J Navarrete, J Nematian, JF Lindo, JM Shield, KL Tucker, Luis Quihui, M Fallah, M Norhayati, Mauro E Valencia, MM Yassin, MS Prado, N Pearce, P Aimpum, P Payapvipapong, Paul Hagan, S Hayashi, SEDESOL, Silvia P Díaz-Camacho, SP Kan, SP Kan, Stephen Phillips, WHO, WHO   +36 more
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Ascaris lumbricoides: reinfection in children bearing an established worm burden

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 1991
To clarify the existance of reinfection in children bearing an established Ascaris lumbricoides infection, the authors evaluated the weight and the length of worms collected from ten cases of ascaridiasis.
Fausto E. Lima Pereira, Andrea P. Sampaio, Carlos Musso, Jane S. Castelo   +3 more
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