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Materialities of the In/between: Drugs and Medical Knowledge between Europe and East Asia

Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Volume 47, Issue 4, Page 295-305, December 2024.
Abstract This special issue presents six research papers that were developed within the Taiwanese‐German working group “Materialities of Medical Cultures in/between Europe and East Asia.” Our working group uses the concept of “in/between” as an umbrella term to study the cultural history of drugs and the practices of medicine and care.
Dominik Merdes, Bettina Wahrig
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Schistosomiasis Chemotherapy, Chemoprevention, and Vaccines: History, Progress, and Priorities

Immunity, Inflammation and Disease, Volume 12, Issue 11, November 2024.
Schistosomiasis is a major human disease of public health importance. The goal is to provide an overview of the history and advancements in schistosomiasis chemotherapy, chemoprevention, and vaccine research. Praziquantel is effective against all species of schistosomiasis, but schistosomiasis prevalence has largely remained unaffected, due to ...
Alaa Oqalaa E. Alibrahim, Walaa A. Elkholy, Mona M. El‐Derbawy, Noha F. Zahran, Athanasios Alexiou, Marios Papadakis, Gaber El‐Saber Batiha   +6 more
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Helminthiasis, eosinophils, COVID-19 and vaccination

Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2022
No abstract available.
Miles B. Markus
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Identifying Zoonotic Parasites in Domiciled and Non‐Domiciled Dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) Within an Urban Zone of the Eastern State of Mexico

Veterinary Medicine and Science, Volume 10, Issue 6, November 2024.
Stray dogs, particularly females, act as carriers of various zoonotic parasites, posing a significant risk of infection due to their contact with owned dogs. The high prevalence of parasitic agents and the lack of owner awareness underscore the need for improved education and preventive measures to reduce the public health threat.
José Salcedo‐Jiménez, Yazmín Alcala‐Canto, Julio Segura‐Tinoco, Ernestina Valadez‐Moctezuma, Juan José Pérez‐Rivero   +4 more
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Mecanismos de resposta imune às infecções Immune response mechanisms to infections

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2004
O conhecimento dos principais mecanismos de defesa imune contra os diversos agentes infecciosos permite a compreensão da patogênese das doenças infectoparasitárias e das várias estratégias do hospedeiro e do parasita. O sistema imunológico atua numa rede
Paulo R. L. Machado, Maria Ilma A. S. Araújo, Lucas Carvalho, Edgar M. Carvalho   +3 more
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Potential of extracellular vesicles in the pathogenesis, diagnosis and therapy for parasitic diseases

Journal of Extracellular Vesicles, Volume 13, Issue 8, August 2024.
Abstract Parasitic diseases have a significant impact on human and animal health, representing a major hazard to the public and causing economic and health damage worldwide. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) have long been recognized as diagnostic and therapeutic tools but are now also known to be implicated in the natural history of parasitic diseases and ...
Ana Acacia Sá Pinheiro, Ana Claudia Torrecilhas, Bruno Solano de Freitas Souza, Fernanda Ferreira Cruz, Herbert Leonel de Matos Guedes, Tadeu Diniz Ramos, Miqueias Lopes‐Pacheco, Celso Caruso‐Neves, Patricia R. M. Rocco   +8 more
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Potential of herbal constituents as new natural leads against helminthiasis: A neglected tropical disease

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2019
The WHO reports that billions of people and animals in tropical and subtropical regions are affected by helminthiasis as neglected tropical disease. It is predominant in underdeveloped areas; nevertheless, the increase in the number of travelers and ...
Kiran D Patil, Shashikant B Bagade, Sanjay R Sharma, Ketan V Hatware   +3 more
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Physicochemical and microbiological assessment of multi‐village drinking water source in diarrheal hotspot areas of north Shoa zone, Amhara region, Ethiopia

World Water Policy, Volume 10, Issue 3, Page 971-985, August 2024.
Abstract Quality water is essential to people's health and social and economic well‐being. Evaluation of the quality of the water sources provides benchmark data on quality status and insights into the development of further protective measures. A laboratory‐based cross‐sectional study design was conducted in the diarrheal hotspot area of the North ...
Tsegahun Asfaw Abebe, Zenawork Sahle, Belachew Tekleyohannes Wogayehu, Bizuneh Asfaw Abebe, Berhanu Yitayew, Demissew Shenkute Gebreyes   +5 more
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Modelling Within-Host Immune Response to Visceral Helminthiasis and Malaria Co-infection with Prophylaxis [PDF]

arXiv, 2011
In this paper, a co-infection of malaria and visceral helminthiasis with immune stimulation and impairment is studied. We have assumed that an individual gets malaria infection during invasion by helminths larvae. In absence of immune response, our results show that the antigens invade the blood system if the rate of red cell rupture per invading ...
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Cerebral palsy in African paediatric populations: A scoping review

Developmental Medicine &Child Neurology, Volume 66, Issue 8, Page 990-1012, August 2024.
Abstract Aim To review the epidemiology and outcomes of African children with cerebral palsy (CP) over a 21‐year period. Method The PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science online databases were searched for original research on African children with CP aged 18 years and younger published from 2000 to 2021.
Serini Murugasen, Priscilla Springer, Bolajoko O. Olusanya, Melissa Gladstone, Charles Newton, Angelina Kakooza‐Mwesige, Kirsten A. Donald   +6 more
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