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Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2023 Hookworms are the most common parasitic nematodes in the genus of Ancylostoma that infect both humans and animals in subtropical and tropical South East Asia.
Pornkamol Phoosangwalthong +5 more
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The end of the line for hookworm? An update on vaccine development [PDF]
, 2005 Human hookworms are parasitic nematodes infecting about 700 million individuals, largely in tropical regions of the world [1]. In endemic areas, most infected people carry a mixed worm burden, including Ascaris lumbricoides (roundworms), Trichuris ...
Devaney Eileen +2 more
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Fishborne Zoonotic Intestinal Trematodes, Vietnam
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2007 Although fishborne zoonotic trematodes that infect the liver are well documented in Vietnam, intestinal fishborne zoonotic trematodes are unreported.
Do Trung Dung +6 more
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Activity of oxantel pamoate monotherapy and combination chemotherapy against Trichuris muris and hookworms : revival of an old drug [PDF]
, 2013 BACKGROUND: It is widely recognized that only a handful of drugs are available against soil-transmitted helminthiasis, all of which are characterized by a low efficacy against Trichuris trichiura, when administered as single doses.
Speich Benjamin +17 more
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Parasite, 2021 Molecular biology has been gaining more importance in parasitology. Recently, a commercial multiplex PCR assay detecting helminths was marketed: the Allplex™ GI-Helminth(I) Assay.
Autier Brice +2 more
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Prevalence of soil-transmitted helminths in remote villages in East Kwaio, Solomon Islands
Western Pacific Surveillance and Response, 2015 Objective: Although soil-transmitted helminths (STH) are endemic in Solomon Islands, there are few recent reports on their prevalence. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of STH in residents of remote communities in Solomon Islands. Methods:
Humpress Harrington +21 more
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Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 2020 Effective control of hookworm infections in humans and animals relies on using a small group of anthelmintics. Many of these drugs target cholinergic ligand-gated ion channels, yet the direct activity of anthelmintics has only been studied in a subset of
Mark D. Kaji +3 more
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Endoscopy in a rare presentation of worms
Journal of Digestive Endoscopy, 2014 Upper gastrointestinal bleeding can be a life threatening complication. Hookworms infestation usually causes chronic blood loss resulting in anemia. A 52 year old male presented to us with massive gastrointestinal blood loss and hemodynamic instability ...
Mallikarjun Patil +2 more
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National mapping of soil-transmitted helminth and schistosome infections in Ethiopia
Parasites & Vectors, 2020 Background An accurate understanding of the geographical distributions of both soil-transmitted helminths (STHs; Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura, and the hookworms Necator americanus and Ancylostoma duodenale) and schistosomes (SCH; Schistosoma
Gemechu Tadesse Leta +15 more
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Veterinární Medicína, 2017 The molecular prevalence of Ancylostoma caninum was determined in stray and pet dogs in Lahore, Pakistan from July 2014 to August 2015. A total of 500 dog faecal samples were first evaluated using a sedimentation technique and further through a PCR assay
A. Rehman +8 more
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