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Hookworm infection [PDF]

Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 2016
Hookworms are soil-transmitted nematode parasites that can reside for many years in the small intestine of their human hosts; Necator americanus is the predominant infecting species. Adult worms feed on the blood of a host and can cause iron deficiency anaemia, especially in high-risk populations (children and women of childbearing age).
Loukas, A., Hotez, P.J., Diemert, D., Yazdanbakhsh, M., McCarthy, J.S., Correa-Oliveira, R., Croese, J., Bethony, J.M.   +7 more
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Hookworm-related anaemia among pregnant women: a systematic review. [PDF]

, 2008
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Hookworm infection is among the major causes of anaemia in poor communities, but its importance in causing maternal anaemia is poorly understood, and this has hampered effective lobbying for the inclusion of anthelmintic ...
Hotez, Peter J, Bundy, Donald AP, Donald A P Bundy, Brooker Simon, Brooker, Simon, Hotez Peter J., Bundy Donald A. P., Peter J Hotez, Simon Brooker   +8 more
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Parasitic Infections and Associated Cognitive Outcome Among School-Aged Children in Africa: A Systematic Review. [PDF]

Brain Behav
Parasitic infections like schistosomiasis, soil‐transmitted helminths, and malaria can impair nutrient absorption, oxygen supply, and brain function, leading to memory deficits, attention deficits, reduced intelligence quotient, weak academic performance, and motor or executive deficits.
Adu AM, Simpong DL, Donkor DM, Manu KS, Antwi MH, Kpelle L, Osei GN, Bockarie A.   +7 more
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Spatial and genetic epidemiology of hookworm in a rural community in Uganda. [PDF]

, 2010
There are remarkably few contemporary, population-based studies of intestinal nematode infection for sub-Saharan Africa. This paper presents a comprehensive epidemiological analysis of hookworm infection intensity in a rural Ugandan community ...
Pullan, Rachel L, Pullan, RL, Quinnell, Rupert J, Brooker Simon, Brooker, Simon, Quinnell, RJ, Narcis B Kabatereine, Rupert J Quinnell, Brooker, S, Quinnell Rupert J., Rupert J. Quinnell, Simon Brooker, Pullan Rachel L., Kabatereine Narcis B., Kabatereine, NB, Kabatereine, Narcis B, Rachel L. Pullan, Narcis B. Kabatereine, Rachel L Pullan   +18 more
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Evaluation of hookworm infections and some haematological parameters amongst primary and secondary schools children in Aba Metropolis, Abia State, Nigeria

Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management, 2017
Hookworm infections and some haematological parameter among children were assessed in five different schools in Aba metropolis, Abia State, Nigeria. Blood and Stool samples were collected and analysed, following ethical approval and consent from parents
AE Abah, GN Wokem
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence of Intestinal Parasitic Infections among Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients in a Tertiary Care Hospital, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2019
Introduction: In developing countries like India, Intestinal Parasitic Infections (IPIs) and Tuberculosis (TB) co-infection have been perceived to be high. The geographic distributions of helminths and TB overlap substantially.
Kumudini Panigrahi, Amrita Jena, Pratima Singh, Ipsa Mohapatra, Priya Ranjan Lenka, Jagadananda Jena   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Necator americanus and helminth co-infections: further down-modulation of hookworm-specific type 1 immune responses. [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND: Helminth co-infection in humans is common in tropical regions of the world where transmission of soil-transmitted helminths such as Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura, and the hookworms Necator americanus and Ancylostoma duodenale as ...
Jeffrey Michael Bethony, Correa-Oliveira, Rodrigo, Geiger Stefan Michael, Brooker Simon, Brooker, Simon, Bonnie Cundill, Bethony Jeffrey Michael, Geiger, Stefan Michael, Cundill, Bonnie, Correa-Oliveira Rodrigo, Diemert David Joseph, Fujiwara, Ricardo Toshio, Cundill Bonnie, Neal Douglas Edward Alexander, David Joseph Diemert, Rodrigo Correa-Oliveira, Oliveira, Rodrigo Corrêa, Simon Brooker, Alexander Neal Douglas Edward, Alexander, Neal Douglas Edward, Bethony, Jeffrey Michael, Diemert, David Joseph, Fujiwara Ricardo Toshio, Stefan Michael Geiger, Ricardo Toshio Fujiwara   +24 more
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Immunomodulatory proteins from hookworms reduce cardiac inflammation and modulate regulatory responses in a mouse model of chronic Trypanosoma cruzi infection

Frontiers in Parasitology, 2023
IntroductionHookworms are parasitic helminths that secrete a variety of proteins that induce anti-inflammatory immune responses, stimulating increased CD4+Foxp3+ regulatory T cells and IL-10 production. Hookworm-derived recombinant proteins AIP-1 and AIP-
Kathryn M. Jones, Kathryn M. Jones, Bin Zhan, Bin Zhan, Keenan J. Ernste, Maria Jose Villar, Maria Jose Villar, Nalini Bisht, Duc Nguyen, Li-Yen Chang, Cristina Poveda, Cristina Poveda, Gonteria J. Robinson, Akshar J. Trivedi, Colby J. Hofferek, William K. Decker, William K. Decker, William K. Decker, Vanaja Konduri, Vanaja Konduri   +19 more
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Simple fecal flotation is a superior alternative to guadruple Kato Katz smear examination for the detection of hookworm eggs in human stool [PDF]

, 2014
Microscopy-based identification of eggs in stool offers simple, reliable and economical options for assessing the prevalence and intensity of hookworm infections, and for monitoring the success of helminth control programs.
Dalsgaard, Anders, Fabian Schär (280371), Sinuon Muth, Hanspeter Marti, Inpankaew, Tawin, Odermatt, P, Tawin Inpankaew, Schär, F, Peter Odermatt, Marti, H, Khieu, V, Hanspeter Marti (224864), Muth, S, Rebecca J. Traub (267740), Virak Khieu (236174), Virak Khieu, Anders Dalsgaard (292655), Inpankaew, T, Schär, Fabian, Anders Dalsgaard, Sinuon Muth (251084), Traub, Rebecca J., Odermatt, Peter, Traub, RJ, Muth, Sinuon, Khieu, Virak, Fabian Schär, Marti, Hanspeter, Peter Odermatt (148926), Rebecca J Traub, Dalsgaard, A, Tawin Inpankaew (676796)   +31 more
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Of dogs and hookworms: man’s best friend and his parasites as a model for translational biomedical research

Parasites & Vectors, 2018
We present evidence that the dog hookworm (Ancylostoma caninum) is underutilised in the study of host-parasite interactions, particularly as a proxy for the human-hookworm relationship.
Catherine Shepherd, Phurpa Wangchuk, Alex Loukas   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source