Scientific Reports, 2022 Next-generation sequencing technologies have accelerated the pace of helminth DNA metabarcoding research, enabling species detection in bulk community samples.
Abigail Hui En Chan +7 more
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Distribution of nematophagous fungi and soil-transmitted helminths in outdoor built environments across Latin America. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical DiseasesBackgroundSoil-transmitted helminths (STHs) are among the most common global parasitic infections, represent a significant worldwide public health burden, and remain a source of considerable morbidity in Latin America.
Rojelio Mejia +31 more
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Mini-FLOTAC, an Innovative Direct Diagnostic Technique for Intestinal Parasitic Infections: Experience from the Field. [PDF]
, 2013 Soil-transmitted helminths and intestinal protozoa infection are widespread in developing countries, yet an accurate diagnosis is rarely performed.
Albonico, Marco +8 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 +5 more
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Animal Microbiome, 2022 Background Helminth parasitism is a world-wide problem in livestock industries, with major impacts on health, welfare and productivity. The role of the gut microbiota in host-helminth interactions in ruminants has been extensively examined and the ...
Erwin A. Paz +10 more
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Impact of Helminth Infection on the Clinical and Microbiological Presentation of Chagas Diseases in Chronically Infected Patients. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2016 BACKGROUND:Helminth infections are highly prevalent in tropical and subtropical countries, coexisting in Chagas disease endemic areas. Helminth infections in humans may modulate the host immune system, changing the Th1/Th2 polarization.
Fernando Salvador +5 more
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Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2020 Objective: To determine the true prevalence of soil-transmitted helminth infections in the Malaysian aborigines using real-time PCR. Methods: A total of 122 aborigines from seven tribes were recruited from settlements and nearby hospitals which served ...
Nurulhasanah Othman +4 more
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Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2022 In spite of ongoing eradication programs, helminth infections are still a medical issue in Ghana. For follow-up assessments on the decline of regional helminth infections, historic baseline prevalence values obtained with standardized diagnostic ...
Charity Wiafe Akenten +8 more
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Chronic schistosomiasis suppresses HIV-specific responses to DNA-MVA and MVA-gp140 Env vaccine regimens despite antihelminthic treatment and increases helminth-associated pathology in a mouse model. [PDF]
PLoS Pathogens, 2018 Future HIV vaccines are expected to induce effective Th1 cell-mediated and Env-specific antibody responses that are necessary to offer protective immunity to HIV infection. However, HIV infections are highly prevalent in helminth endemic areas.
Godfrey A Dzhivhuho +6 more
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Schistosome and liver fluke derived catechol-estrogens and helminth associated cancers
Frontiers in Genetics, 2014 Infection with helminth parasites remains a persistent public health problem in developing countries. Three of these pathogens, the liver flukes Clonorchis sinensis, Opisthorchis viverrini and the blood fluke Schistosoma haematobium, are of particular ...
José M Correia da Costa +13 more
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