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Heterogeneities and consequences of Plasmodium species and hookworm coinfection: a population based study in Uganda. [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND: Previous studies have suggested that helminth infection exacerbates malaria, but few existing epidemiological studies adequately control for infection heterogeneities and confounding factors.
Pullan, Rachel L, Sarah G. Staedke, Bukirwa, Hasifa, Brooker, Simon, Kabatereine, Narcis B, Staedke, Sarah G, Rachel L. Pullan, Narcis B. Kabatereine, Hasifa Bukirwa, Simon Brooker   +9 more
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Case report: Control of intestinal nematodes in captive Chlorocebus sabaeus

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 2021
There are limited data on the efficacy of antiparasitic treatments and husbandry methods to control nematode infections in captive populations of African green monkeys (AGMs), Chlorocebus sabaeus. In faecal egg count (FEC) tests, 10 of the 11 (91%) adult
Katalina Cruz, Tatiana M. Corey, Michel Vandenplas, María Trelis, Antonio Osuna, Patrick J. Kelly   +5 more
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An in-depth analysis of a piece of shit : distribution of Schistosoma mansoni and hookworm eggs in human stool [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: An accurate diagnosis of helminth infection is important to improve patient management. However, there is considerable intra- and inter-specimen variation of helminth egg counts in human feces.
N'Goran Eliézer K., N'Goran, E. K., Krauth, Stefanie J., Knopp, S., Utzinger, Jürg, Coulibaly, Jean T., Jean T Coulibaly, Stefanie Knopp, Traoré, M., Utzinger Jürg, Jean T. Coulibaly (108845), Coulibaly Jean T., Jürg Utzinger, Krauth, S. J., Krauth Stefanie J., Stefanie J Krauth, Coulibaly, J. T., Eliézer K. N'Goran (108853), Utzinger, J., Jürg Utzinger (39609), Stefanie Knopp (108848), Stefanie J. Krauth (108843), Traoré Mahamadou, Eliézer K N'Goran, Traoré, Mahamadou, N'Goran, Eliézer, Mahamadou Traoré (108851), Knopp, Stefanie, Knopp Stefanie, Mahamadou Traoré   +29 more
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Low efficacy of single-dose albendazole and mebendazole against hookworm and effect on concomitant helminth infection in Lao PDR [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: Albendazole and mebendazole are increasingly deployed for preventive chemotherapy targeting soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections. We assessed the efficacy of single oral doses of albendazole (400 mg) and mebendazole (500 mg) for the ...
Sayasone, S., Khampheng Phongluxa, Phonepasong Ayé Soukhathammavong (148913), Jennifer Keiser, Utzinger, Jürg, Vilavanh Xayaseng (189526), Kongsap Akkhavong (148931), Phonepasong Ayé Soukhathammavong, Penelope Vounatsou, Hatz, C., Peter Odermatt, Hatz, Christoph, Somphou Sayasone, Sayasone, Somphou, Vounatsou, P., Phonepasong Ayé Soukhathammavong, Jennifer Keiser (39606), Phongluxa, Khampheng, Jürg Utzinger, Kongsap Akkhavong, Soukhathammavong, Phonepasong Ayé, Xayaseng, Vilavanh, Soukhathammavong, P. A., Xayaseng, V., Odermatt, P., Vilavanh Xayaseng, Utzinger, J., Keiser, J., Jürg Utzinger (39609), Odermatt, Peter, Christoph Hatz (35423), Penelope Vounatsou (49253), Akkhavong, K., Peter Odermatt (148926), Akkhavong, Kongsap, Keiser, Jennifer, Somphou Sayasone (183492), Khampheng Phongluxa (148910), Vounatsou, Penelope, Christoph Hatz, Phongluxa, K.   +40 more
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Cross-Sectional Study of Soil-Transmitted Helminthiases in Black Belt Region of Alabama, USA

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2023
We conducted a cross-sectional study to determine the prevalence of soil-transmitted helminthiases (STH) in areas of rural Alabama, USA, that have sanitation deficits.
Claudette Poole, Troy Barker, Richard Bradbury, Drew Capone, Amy Hutson Chatham, Sukwan Handali, Eduardo Rodriguez, Yvonne Qvarnstrom, Joe Brown   +8 more
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Inhibition Effects of Nippostrongylus brasiliensis and Its Derivatives against Atherosclerosis in ApoE^-/- Mice through Anti-Inflammatory Response

Pathogens, 2022
Atherosclerosis (AS) is a dominant and growing cause of death and disability worldwide that involves inflammation from its inception to the emergence of complications.
Yougui Yang, Xin Ding, Fuzhong Chen, Xiaomin Wu, Yuying Chen, Qiang Zhang, Jun Cao, Junhong Wang, Yang Dai   +8 more
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Endoscopic Diagnosis of Hookworm Infection That Caused Anemia in an Elderly Person

International Journal of Gerontology, 2010
Hookworm infection is a common intestinal nematodes in the world. Patients with a light hookworm infection are usually asymptomatic, but a moderate or heavy hookworm burden can result in fatigue, recurrent abdominal pain, and iron-deficiency anemia.
Yang-che Kuo, Chen-Wang Chang, Chih-Jen Chen, Tsang-En Wang, Wen-Hsiung Chang, Shou-Chuan Shih   +5 more
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Soil-Transmitted Helminth Vaccines: Are We Getting Closer?

Frontiers in Immunology, 2020
Parasitic helminths infect over one-fourth of the human population resulting in significant morbidity, and in some cases, death in endemic countries.
Ayat Zawawi, Kathryn J. Else
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HOOKWORM DISEASE [PDF]

Southern Medical Journal, 1917
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Rates and intensity of re-infection with human helminths after treatment and the influence of individual, household, and environmental factors in a Brazilian community. [PDF]

, 2011
This study quantifies the rate and intensity of re-infection with human hookworm and Schistosoma mansoni infection 12 months following successful treatment, and investigates the influence of socio-economic, geographical and environmental factors.
Pullan, Rachel L, SIMON BROOKER, Brooker, Simon, DAVID DIEMERT, RACHEL L. PULLAN, BONNIE CUNDILL, Bethony, Jeff M., Cundill, Bonnie, Bethony, Jeff M, Diemert, David, NEAL ALEXANDER, Alexander, Neal, Pullan, Rachel L., JEFF M. BETHONY   +13 more
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