Assessing the role of eosinophil‐mediated immune response markers in detecting hookworm infection: A case‐control study in Kintampo, Ghana [PDF]
Health Science Reports, 2022 Background and Aim Human hookworm disease caused by Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus is a serious public health problem. Hookworm infection activates eosinophil‐mediated tissue inflammatory responses, involving the production of the ...
Samuel A. Sakyi +7 more
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Experimental human hookworm infection: a narrative historical review [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2021 In 1896, a serendipitous laboratory accident led to the understanding that hookworms propagate infection by penetrating skin, a theory that was then confirmed with the first experimental human infection, reported in 1901.
Paul R. Chapman +3 more
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Hookworm infection associates with a vaginal Type 1/Type 2 immune signature and increased HPV load [PDF]
Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 Helminth infection-driven changes to immunity in the female reproductive tract (FRT) is an immune axis that is currently understudied but can have major implications for the control of FRT infections.
Millicent A. Omondi +19 more
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Environmental characteristics around the household and their association with hookworm infection in rural communities from Bahir Dar, Amhara Region, Ethiopia. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2021 Soil-Transmitted Helminths (STH) are highly prevalent Neglected Tropical Disease in Ethiopia, an estimated 26 million are infected. Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing (RS) technologies assist data mapping and analysis, and the prediction ...
Melaku Anegagrie +6 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 +5 more
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Levels of serum eosinophil cationic protein are associated with hookworm infection and intensity in endemic communities in Ghana. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2019 BackgroundThe eosinophil cationic protein (ECP) is a cytotoxic protein mainly secreted by eosinophils granulocytes and plays a role in host defense against parasitic infections.
Benjamin Amoani +6 more
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Effect of hookworm infection and anthelmintic treatment on naturally acquired antibody responses against the GMZ2 malaria vaccine candidate and constituent antigens [PDF]
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021 Background Malaria and helminths diseases are co-endemic in most parts of sub-Saharan Africa. Immune responses from each of these pathogens interact, and these interactions may have implications on vaccines. The GMZ2 malaria vaccine candidate is a fusion
Benjamin Amoani +13 more
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Geospatial risk prediction of hookworm infection and intensity among school-aged children in Dak Lak province, Vietnam. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical DiseasesBackgroundHookworms remain problematic in Dak Lak province, Vietnam, despite a school preventive chemotherapy (PC) program since 2007. As hookworms depend on favourable ecological conditions, geospatial modelling incorporating environmental and climatic ...
Tin N D Pham +6 more
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Hookworm infection induces glycometabolic modulation in South Indian individuals with type 2 diabetes [PDF]
IJID Regions, 2023 Anuradha Rajamanickam +2 more
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Prevalence of hookworm infection: a retrospective study in Kumasi
Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, 2014 Objective: To establish the prevalence of hookworm infection among patients who reported at the parasitology laboratory of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital for intestinal parasitic investigation.
Williams Walana +2 more
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