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Hookworm Infection [PDF]

New England Journal of Medicine, 2004
Hotez, Peter J, Brooker, Simon, Bethony, Jeffrey M, Bottazzi, Maria Elena, Loukas, Alex, Xiao, Shuhua   +5 more
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A case of mistaken identity – reappraisal of the species of canid and felid hookworms (Ancylostoma) present in Australia and India [PDF]

, 2007
This study serves to clarify the current status of canid and felid Ancylostoma species present in Australia. The morphological identification of A. ceylanicum from cats for the first time in Townsville, Australia, appears to be in error, together with ...
Hobbs, R.P., Traub, R.J., Adams, P.J., Thompson, R.C.A., Behnke, J.M., Harris, P.D.   +5 more
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A hookworm allergen which strongly resembles calreticulin

, 1999
Immmoglobulin E-rich plasma from patients from Papua New Guinea infected with Necator americanus has been used to probe an adult N. americanus cDNA library for the presence of hookworm allergens.
Kasper, Grit, Brown, Alan, Mcelroy, Paul, Pritchard, D. I., Hewitt, Colin, Loukas, Alex, Beck, Ewald, Berry, Colin, Fullkrug, Ralf   +8 more
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Canine hookworm presence in Tongatapu, Tonga

Dogs are common in Tonga, where they exist in a close relationship with humans as pets and guard dogs and often are free-roaming due to limited property fencing and the need to scavenge for food.
Harder, Kate, Naden, Kristina, England, S., Harder, Kait   +3 more
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Agar Plate Culture: An Alternative Sensitive Routine Laboratory Detec-tion Method for Strongyloides stercoralis and Hookworm Parasites

Iranian Journal of Parasitology, 2021
Background: Human infection with Strongyloides stercoralis and hookworm parasites is usually under reported due to less sensitive diagnostic methods. Agar plate culture (APC) is the most sensitive technique for parasites having larval stage.
Tadesse HAILU, Endalkachew NIBRET, Arancha AMOR, Abaineh MUNSHEA, Melaku ANEGAGRIE   +4 more
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Prevalence, Intensity, and Knowledge of Hookworm Infection Among Rural Fishermen and Farmers in Rivers State, Nigeria: An Occupational Health Perspective

Annals of Medicine and Medical Sciences
Background: Hookworm infestation adversely affect humans especially in developing countries. Agricultural workers are predisposed to acquiring hookworm infection due to direct exposure to soil or water where the filariform larvae which is the infective ...
IBISO BRUCE, Alali AA, Lawson SD, Cookey-Gam IF, Austin-Asomeji I, Ogba AA, Ogbonda PI, Perri, T   +7 more
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TGF-beta Ligands from the Hookworm Parasite, Ancylostoma caninum, in Larval Latency and Reactivation

, 2005
The blood-feeding hookworm parasites, Necator and Ancylostoma spp., infect over a billion people worldwide. Typically, developmentally arrested infective larvae (iL3) in the environment enter the host and mature into the adult stage in the intestine ...
Freitas, Tori Constance
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Predicting hookworm infection with ECP level.

, 2019
AUROC curve analysis using ECP levels as a classifier of hookworm infection status was used to predict hookworm infection. 95% Confidence Interval was computed with 2000 stratified bootstrap replicates.
Margaret T. Frempong (7378088), Michael D. Wilson (7378097), Bright Adu (133241), Benjamin Amoani (5641766), Ben Gyan (134411), Tracy Sarkodie-Addo (7378091), Samuel Victor Nuvor (7378094)   +6 more
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Epidemiological study on hookworm infection in rural population in Tiantai County， Zhejiang Province in 2022

Shanghai yufang yixue
ObjectiveTo understand the prevalence of hookworm infection and its relevant behavioral factors in rural areas of Tiantai County， Zhejiang Province， and to provide scientific evidence for prevention and control of hookworm disease.MethodsBy using a ...
GE Junhua, CHU Jiang, ZHU Guiwei, DING Binbin, PANG Caixia, LUO Saifei, PANG Tianlan, RUAN Wei   +7 more
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Iron and Copper Metabolisms in Hookworm Disease Part 2. Studies on Anemizing Factors in Hookworm Disease [PDF]

, 1958
In order to study the influences of hookworm toxin on the iron and the copper metabolisms in vivo, observations were carried on the fluctuations of the iron and the copper contents in rabbits injected each of anemizing substances such as emulsions of ...
Kitajima, Kazuo
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