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Estudo comparativo da eficácia terapêutica do albendazole e do mebendazole no tratamento da ascaridfase, necatoriase e tricocefaliase

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 1981
Estuda-se a atividade anti-helmíntica de um novo medicamento, o Albendazole, nas nematodíases causadas por Ascaris lumbricoides, Necator americanos e Trichuris trichiura, comparativamente com Mebendazole.
Léa Camillo-Coura, Miroslau Constante Baranski, Adelina de S. Velho Soli, Luiz Maurício Guimarães   +3 more
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Expression, purification, and characterization of the Necator americanus aspartic protease-1 (Na-APR-1 (M74)) antigen, a component of the bivalent human hookworm vaccine

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2015
Over 400 million people living in the world's poorest developing nations are infected with hookworms, mostly of the genus Necator americanus. A bivalent human hookworm vaccine composed of the Necator americanus Glutathione S-Transferase-1 (Na-GST-1) and ...
C. Seid, E. Curti, R. M. Jones, Elissa M. Hudspeth, Wanderson Rezende, J. Pollet, Lori Center, Leroy Versteeg, S. Pritchard, K. Musiychuk, V. Yusibov, P. Hotez, M. Bottazzi   +12 more
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ECENT ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE OF SOIL-TRANSMITTED HELMINTHS [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Public Health, 1975
New observations in recent years have accented differences between the two common hookworms, Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus,"nwith respect to modes of transmision and pathogenicity, and have established Ancylostoma ceylanicum as a ...
Paul C. Beaver
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Human helminth co-infection: analysis of spatial patterns and risk factors in a Brazilian community.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2008
BackgroundIndividuals living in areas endemic for helminths are commonly infected with multiple species. Despite increasing emphasis given to the potential health impacts of polyparasitism, few studies have investigated the relative importance of ...
Rachel L Pullan, Jeffrey M Bethony, Stefan M Geiger, Bonnie Cundill, Rodrigo Correa-Oliveira, Rupert J Quinnell, Simon Brooker   +6 more
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Prevalence and Molecular Aspects of Human Hookworms in Guilan Province, Northern Iran

Iranian Journal of Parasitology, 2017
Background: Hookworm infection is one of the important Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) in the world. It was previously more prevalent in the northern and southern parts of Iran with a prevalence rate higher than 40% in some endemic regions ...
Meysam SHARIFDINI, Laleh GHANBARZADEH, Nasrolla KOUHESTANI-MAKLAVANI, Hamed MIRJALALI, Mehrzad SARAEI   +4 more
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Prevalence and intensity of Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus infestations in school children from the Lolodorf health district (Cameroon)

Journal of Current Medical Research and Opinion, 2019
Parasitological investigations on Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus infesta tions were carried out in 541 school children from Lolodorf health district, South Region of Cameroon. Their stools were analyzed using the Kato-Katz technique and the
Djuikwo Teukeng Ff, H KamdemPolla, L Nkengazon, J. Simo, R. MoyouSomo   +4 more
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Reverse vaccinology for hookworms: a rational selection of vaccinable antigens against parasitic nematodes

Parasite
Reverse vaccinology is a time- and cost-effective approach to identify potential vaccinable antigens for further in vivo experimental validation. Despite its wide application to multiple organisms, the use of in silico vaccine development tools to ...
Sotillo Javier, Quinzo Mónica, García Juan José, Martín-Galiano Antonio J.   +3 more
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Comparison of four DNA extraction and three preservation protocols for the molecular detection and quantification of soil-transmitted helminths in stool.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2019
BACKGROUND:A DNA extraction and preservation protocol that yields sufficient and qualitative DNA is pivotal for the success of any nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT), but it still poses a challenge for soil-transmitted helminths (STHs), including ...
Mio Ayana, Piet Cools, Zeleke Mekonnen, Abdissa Biruksew, Daniel Dana, Nour Rashwan, Roger Prichard, Johnny Vlaminck, Jaco J Verweij, Bruno Levecke   +9 more
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Modelling the ecological niche of hookworm in Brazil based on climate

Geospatial Health, 2012
The distribution of hookworm in schistosomiasis-endemic areas in Brazil was mapped based on climate suitability. Known biological requirements of hookworm were fitted to data in a monthly long-term normal climate grid (18 x 18 km) using geographical ...
Ntombi B. Mudenda, John B. Malone, Michael T. Kearney, Paula D. Mischler, Prixia del Mar Nieto, Jennifer C. McCarroll, Penelope Vounatsou   +6 more
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Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase in excretory–secretory products of the human hookworm Necator americanus [PDF]

, 1999
Fatai A. Taiwo, Peter M. Brophy, David Pritchard, Alan Brown, Andrew J. Wardlaw, Laurence H. Patterson   +5 more
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