Determination of the Wound Healing Potentials of Medicinal Plants Historically Used in Ghana
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2017, Issue 1, 2017., 2017 The present study was carried out to investigate the wound healing potentials of 17 medicinal plants historically used in Ghana for wound healing. Warm and cold water extracts were prepared from the 17 dried plant species and tested in vitro in the scratch assay with NIH 3T3 fibroblasts from mice.
Sara H. Freiesleben +4 more
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Parasites or Cohabitants: Cruel Omnipresent Usurpers or Creative “Éminences Grises”?
Journal of Parasitology Research, Volume 2011, Issue 1, 2011., 2011 This paper presents many types of interplays between parasites and the host, showing the history of parasites, the effects of parasites on the outcome of wars, invasions, migrations, and on the development of numerous regions of the globe, and the impact of parasitic diseases on the society and on the course of human evolution.
Marcos A. Vannier-Santos +2 more
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Incidentaloma in primary health care [PDF]
Presentamos el caso de un hombre de 39 años de Mali, que consultó por una Gonalgia izquierda y por una masa dura en la parte externa del tercio inferior del muslo.
Gastoso Gayá, Salvador +5 more
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Megacities as Sources for Pathogenic Bacteria in Rivers and Their Fate Downstream
International Journal of Microbiology, Volume 2011, Issue 1, 2011., 2011 Poor sanitation, poor treatments of waste water, as well as catastrophic floods introduce pathogenic bacteria into rivers, infecting and killing many people. The goal of clean water for everyone has to be achieved with a still growing human population and their rapid concentration in large cities, often megacities. How long introduced pathogens survive
Wolf-Rainer Abraham, Jorge H. Leitao
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BMJ Open, 2021 Objectives To quantify conflict events and access across countries that remain to be certified free of transmission of Dracunculus medinensis (Guinea worm disease) or require postcertification surveillance as part of the Guinea Worm Eradication Programme
Louise A Kelly-Hope, David H Molyneux
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Dracontiasis in Ohio Carnivores and Reptiles with a Discussion of the Dracunculid Taxonomic Problem (Nematoda: Dracunculidae) [PDF]
, 1963 Author Institution: Department of Zoology and Entomology, The Ohio State University, Columbus ...
Crites, John L.
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Filariasis elimination, vector control and eradication challenges: Commentary on Webber, R. Eradication of Wuchereria bancrofti infection through vector control. Trans Roy Soc Trop Med and Hyg 1979;73:722-4. [PDF]
, 2018 The selection of this paper from 1979 in the Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene highlights significant issues in relation to neglected tropical disease (NTD) programmes, specifically the Global Programme to Eliminate ...
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Pet and Stray Dogs’ Contribution to Zoonotic Transmission Pathways: A Bibliometric Review
Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.Based on a large‐scale bibliometric dataset, domestic dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) emerge as the most frequently cited host species in the context of zoonoses, being mentioned in at least 10% of publications for nearly a quarter of the pathogens recognized as zoonotic to humans.
Thibaut Langlois +3 more
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The intermediate hosts of Dracunculus medinensis in Northern Region, Ghana [PDF]
Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology, 1997 Cyclopoid copepods were collected over a period of 17 months from six man-made water reservoirs in an area of northern Ghana where dracunculiasis is endemic. The numbers and species of cyclopoid copepods as well as the species naturally infected with Dracunculus medinensis larvae were recorded at fortinightly intervals.
Yelifari, L. +2 more
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A One Health Approach for Guinea Worm Disease Control: Scope and Opportunities
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2020 Guinea worm disease (GWD) is a neglected tropical disease that was targeted for eradication several decades ago because of its limited geographical distribution, predictable seasonality, straightforward diagnosis, and exclusive infection of humans ...
Matthew R. Boyce +3 more
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