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Helminth

open access: yes, 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
openaire   +1 more source

Comorbidities of Primary Scarring Alopecias: A Retrospective Multi‐Site Cross‐Sectional Study

open access: yesJEADV Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background To date, limited research has compared the systemic comorbidities of primary scarring alopecia types. Such research may provide insight into shared disease mechanisms, elucidate novel pathways for therapeutics, and identify those most at risk of comorbidities.
Arielle Carolina Mora Hurtado   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Association of SIRT6 Expression With Risk of Pneumonitis Induced by Radiotherapy in Cancer Patients

open access: yesMolecular Carcinogenesis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Thoracic tumours represent a significant proportion of malignant cancers. While radiotherapy (RT) improves prognosis, it can also lead to side effects such as radiation‐induced pneumonitis (RP). Since SIRT6 is involved in DNA repair, energy metabolism and inflammation, this study aims to investigate the expression of SIRT6 in lymphocytes as a ...
Fengyuan Yu   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Helminths of veterinary and zoonotic importance in Nigerian ruminants: a 46-year meta-analysis (1970–2016) of their prevalence and distribution

open access: yesInfectious Diseases of Poverty, 2018
Background The livestock industry plays a vital role in the economy of Nigeria. It serves as a major source of income and livelihood for majority of Nigerians who are rural settlers and contributes about 5.2% to the National Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
Solomon Ngutor Karshima   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Key Regulators of Parasite Biology Viewed Through a Post‐Translational Modification Repertoire

open access: yesPROTEOMICS, 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
wiley   +1 more source

Detection of rodent-borne intestinal helminths infestation in North Sumatra, Indonesia: A potential public health concern

open access: yesPublic Health of Indonesia
Background:Studies indicate that approximately 75% of emerging infections in humans are zoonotic, originating from animals. Within the One Health framework, it is evident that recent global environmental changes have contributed to the widespread ...
Sunna Vyatra Hutagalung   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Helminths and intestinal barrier function

open access: yesTissue Barriers, 2017
Approximately one-sixth of the worlds' population is infected with helminths and this class of parasite takes a major toll on domestic livestock. The majority of species of parasitic helminth that infect mammals live in the gut (the only niche for ...
D. McKay, A. Shute, F. Lopes
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Parasitocenosis of domestic and wild ruminant animals in the Kaliningrad region

open access: yesРоссийский паразитологический журнал, 2016
The results of helminthological and ecological researches of domestic and wild animals in the Kaliningrad area are indicated. The potential possibility of ex- change of helminths between wild and domestic animals is established.
A. V. Muromtsev
doaj  

Interactions between multiple helminths and the gut microbiota in wild rodents

open access: yesPhilosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2015
The gut microbiota is vital to host health and, as such, it is important to elucidate the mechanisms altering its composition and diversity. Intestinal helminths are host immunomodulators and have evolved both temporally and spatially in close ...
J. Kreisinger   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes in evolutionary perspective: A critical role for helminths?

open access: yesEvolution, Medicine and Public Health, 2016
Heart disease and type 2 diabetes are commonly believed to be rare among contemporary subsistence-level human populations, and by extension prehistoric populations.
M. Gurven   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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