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Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2021 Background. Soil-transmitted helminths are a common public health problem in Ethiopia, affecting all age groups. However, epidemiological studies and interventions primarily target school-age children, despite the fact that 44.6 million adults live in ...
Abrham Goshu +2 more
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Soil-Transmitted Helminths in Tropical Australia and Asia
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2017 Soil-transmitted helminths (STH) infect 2 billion people worldwide including significant numbers in South-East Asia (SEA). In Australia, STH are of less concern; however, indigenous communities are endemic for STH, including Strongyloides stercoralis, as
C. Gordon +4 more
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, 2011 Strongyloides stercoralis, an intestinal nematode commonly known as the human threadworm, affects millions of people worldwide.(1) It is endemic in Southeast Asia, Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa, and parts of the southeastern USA.(2) In the USA, the highest prevalence rates are found in eastern Kentucky and rural Tennessee.
Grossman, Marc E. +3 more
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Key Regulators of Parasite Biology Viewed Through a Post‐Translational Modification Repertoire
PROTEOMICS, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Parasites are the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in both humans and animals, imposing substantial socioeconomic burdens worldwide. Controlling parasitic diseases has become one of the key issues in achieving “One Health”. Most parasites have sophisticated life cycles exhibiting progressive developmental stages, morphologies, and ...
Naiwen Zhang, Ning Jiang, Qijun Chen
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Acta Herpetologica, 2018 Lizards are hosts to a variety of parasites, but in South America only 15% of lizard species have been studied for helminths. In the present study, the component community of helminths associated with the gymnophthalmid Colobosauroides cearensis in an ...
Aldenir Silva Neta, Robson Ávila
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Co-infections with Plasmodium falciparum, Schistosoma mansoni and intestinal helminths among schoolchildren in endemic areas of northwestern Tanzania. [PDF]
, 2010 Malaria, schistosomiasis and intestinal helminth infections are causes of high morbidity in most tropical parts of the world. Even though these infections often co-exist, most studies focus on individual diseases.
Heukelbach, Jorg +11 more
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Prospects for elimination of soil-transmitted helminths
Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, 2017 Purpose of review Soil-transmitted helminths (STH) are endemic in 120 countries and are associated with substantial morbidity and loss of economic productivity.
Kristjana H. A´sbjo¨rnsdo´ttir +3 more
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The women honoured in flowering plant genera: From myth to reality
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Many flowering plant genera are named for people, but there is a gender gap in this naming, with only 6% of eponyms honouring women. Here we explore this gap by examining in detail women for whom plant genera are named. Our open shared dataset serves to make women honoured in plant genera more discoverable, resulting in further impact by allowing ...
Sabine von Mering +6 more
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Menstrual disorders in rural Gambia.
, 2003 As part of a community-based reproductive morbidity survey in rural Gambia, the prevalence and association of menstrual disorders with sociodemographic characteristics and other reproductive morbidities, and with knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs ...
Coleman, Rosalind +5 more
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Application of small RNA technology for improved control of parasitic helminths [PDF]
, 2015 Over the last decade microRNAs (miRNAs) and small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) have emerged as important regulators of post-transcriptional gene expression.
Britton, Collette +6 more
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