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Identification of human intestinal parasites affecting an asymptomatic peri-urban Argentinian population using multi-parallel quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction [PDF]

, 2015
Background: In resource-limited countries, stool microscopy is the diagnostic test of choice for intestinal parasites (soil-transmitted helminths and/or intestinal protozoa). However, sensitivity and specificity is low.
Bryan, Patricia E., Cajal, Pamela S., Cimino, Rubén Oscar, Echazú, Adriana, Jeun, Rebecca, Juarez, Marisa, Krolewiecki, Alejandro Javier, Mejia, Rojelio, Nasser, Julio Rubén, Vargas Flores, Paola Andrea   +9 more
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Epidemiological and genetic data supporting the transmission of Ancylostoma ceylanicum among human and domestic animals.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2012
BackgroundCurrently, information on species-specific hookworm infection is unavailable in Malaysia and is restricted worldwide due to limited application of molecular diagnostic tools.
Romano Ngui, Yvonne A L Lim, Rebecca Traub, Rohela Mahmud, Mohd Sani Mistam   +4 more
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Soil-transmitted helminth infections [PDF]

, 2018
More than a quarter of the world's population is at risk of infection with the soil-transmitted helminths Ascaris lumbricoides, hookworm (Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus), Trichuris trichiura, and Strongyloides stercoralis. Infected children
Addiss, David G., Fenwick, Alan, Jourdan, Peter Mark, Lamberton, Poppy H.L.   +3 more
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Investigating hookworm genomes by comparative analysis of two Ancylostoma species [PDF]

, 2005
Background Hookworms, infecting over one billion people, are the mostly closely related major human parasites to the model nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.
Arasu, P., Clifton, S.W., Dante, M., Hawdon, J., Kapulkin, W., Martin, J., McCarter, J.P., Mitreva, M., Stajich, J.E., Waterston, R.H., Wilson, R.K., Wylie, T., Xu, J.   +12 more
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The Basic Structure as Object: Institutions and Humanitarian Concern (draft) [PDF]

, 2007
[FIRST PARAGRAPHS] One third of the human species is infested with worms. The World Health Organization estimates that worms account for 40 percent of the global disease burden from tropical diseases excluding malaria. Worms cause a lot of misery.
Wenar, Leif
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Human helminth therapy to treat inflammatory disorders - where do we stand? [PDF]

, 2015
Parasitic helminths have evolved together with the mammalian immune system over many millennia and as such they have become remarkably efficient modulators in order to promote their own survival.
AC Flamme La, AH Biggelaar van Den, AJ Daveson, AN Thorburn, C Flohr, CM Fitzsimmons, DE Elliott, DP Strachan, E Mutius von, H Helmby, HC Santiago, Helena Helmby, HJ McSorley, J Bethony, J Correale, J Correale, J Croese, J Feary, J Leonardi-Bee, JE Allen, JL Round, JO Fleming, JR Feary, JW Gerrard, KP Walsh, LR Schopf, MC Noverr, MD Taylor, MI Asher, MJ Sereda, N Nicolaou, P Bager, P Zaccone, PJ Cooper, PJ Cooper, RK Grencis, RW Summers, RW Summers, RW Summers, S Navarro, TA Wynn, W Harnett, WJ Sandborn   +42 more
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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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Intestinal parasites of children and adults in a remote Aboriginal community of the Northern Territory, Australia, 1994-1996

Western Pacific Surveillance and Response, 2015
Introduction: Parasitic infections can adversely impact health, nutritional status and educational attainment. This study investigated hookworm and other intestinal parasites in an Aboriginal community in Australia from 1994 to 1996.
Jennifer Shield, Kieran Aland, Thérèse Kearns, Glenda Gongdjalk, Deborah Holt, Bart Currie, Paul Prociv   +6 more
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Low Dose Daily Iron Supplementation Improves Iron Status and Appetite but not Anemia, Whereas Quarterly Anthelminthic Treatment Improves Growth, Appetite and Anemia in Zanzibari Preschool Children. [PDF]

, 2004
Iron deficiency and helminth infections are two common conditions of children in developing countries. The consequences of helminth infection in young children are not well described, and the efficacy of low dose iron supplementation is not well ...
Adam, Albonico, Albonico, Antonio Montresor, Brown, Caulfield, Crompton, Davis, de Andraca, Dickson, Diggle, Donnen, Freij, Greenberg, Gupta, Gupta, Hababu M. Chway, Idjradinata, James M. Tielsch, Jape Khatib Jape, Jelkmann, Kloetzel, Lackritz, Langhans, Levin, Lorenzo Savioli, Lozoff, Marco Albonico, Menendez, Montresor, National Research Council, Nelson, Pelletier, Pinero, Plata-Salaman, Rebecca J. Stoltzfus, Reeds, Rosenberg, Rousham, Savioli, Schultz, Smith, Solomons, Stoltzfus, Stoltzfus, Stoltzfus, Stoltzfus, Thein-Hlaing, Trape, Verhoef, Warren, Willett, World Health Organization, World Health Organization Expert Committee   +53 more
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Botanicals against some important nematodal diseases: Ascariasis and hookworm infections. [PDF]

Saudi J Biol Sci, 2023
Ramlal A, Nautiyal A, Kumar J, Mishra V, Sogan N, Nasser B Singab A.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source