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Immune Responses in Human Necatoriasis: Association between Interleukin-5 Responses and Resistance to Reinfection [PDF]
, 2004 Cytokine and proliferative responses to Necator americanus infection were measured in a treatment-reinfection study of infected subjects from an area of Papua New Guinea where N. americanus is highly endemic.
Brown, A.P. +4 more
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PLoS Neglected Tropical DiseasesThe Central African Republic has endemic onchocerciasis in 20 health districts in savannah and forest areas. The country organised a mass distribution campaign of invermectin in 2023 through the National Onchocerciasis Control Programme.
Sylvain Honoré Woromogo +5 more
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Patent Landscape of Helminth Vaccines and Related Technologies [PDF]
, 2013 Executive Summary This report focuses on patent landscape analysis of technologies related to vaccines targeting parasitic worms, also known as helminths.
Burke, Rayna +4 more
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Urbanization and health in Africa : exploring the interconnections between poverty, inequality and the burden of disease [PDF]
, 2005 There are few changes in the history of human existence comparable to urbanization in scope and potential to bring about biologic change. The transition in the developed world from an agricultural to an industrial-urban society has already produced ...
Songsore, Jacob
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BMC Infectious DiseasesBackground Onchocerciasis is endemic to parts of Ethiopia; however, epidemiological data are lacking in some regions. This study aimed to assess the prevalence, intensity, and risk factors of onchocerciasis in previously unmapped villages in the Fer-Fer ...
Dek Kahin Yosef +3 more
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Density dependence and the control of helminth parasites.
, 2006 1. The transient dynamics and stability of a population are determined by the interplay between species density, its spatial distribution and the positive and negative density-dependent processes regulating population growth. 2.
Basáñez, María-Gloria +2 more
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British contributions to medical research and education in Africa after the Second World War, vol. 10 [PDF]
, 2001 The Witness Seminar on British Contributions to Medical Research and Education in Africa after the Second World War was a broad subject addressed by Witnesses with an extraordinary wealth of diverse talent and experience, directed by the chairman ...
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Rural Demography, Public Services and Land Rights in Africa: A Village-Level Analysis in Burkina Faso [PDF]
This paper uses historical census data from Burkina Faso to characterize local demographic pressures associated with internal migration into river valleys after Onchocerciasis eradication, combined with a new survey of village elders to document change ...
Harounan Kazianga +2 more
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