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Geospatial Health, 2012 A basic framework for the rapid assessment of the risk for schistosomiasis was developed by combining spatial data from Google Earth® with a geographical information system (GIS) package, bundling the modules together with an Internet connection into a ...
Kun Yang +9 more
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Cost yield of different treatment strategies against Clonorchis sinensis infection
Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2021 Background Clonorchiasis is attributed to the ingestion of raw freshwater fish harboring Clonorchis sinensis. Morbidity control is targeted through the administration of antihelminthics.
Men-Bao Qian +4 more
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Plants and Associated Soil Microbiota Cooperatively Suppress Plant-Parasitic Nematodes
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020 Disease suppressive soils with specific suppression of soil-borne pathogens and parasites have been long studied and are most often of microbiological origin. As for the plant-parasitic nematodes (PPN), which represent a huge threat to agricultural crops
Olivera Topalović, M. Hussain, H. Heuer
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, 2016 The Antarctic krill Euphausia superba is among the most studied species of the Order Euphausiacea in biological and ecological aspects; however, reports of their parasites and diseases are relatively scarce. A worldwide overview of all parasites known for 48 out 86 extant euphausiid species includes 17 distinct types of epibionts, pathogens, parasites,
Jaime Gómez-Gutiérrez +1 more
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The parasitic worm-derived immunomodulator, ES-62 and its drug-like small molecule analogues exhibit therapeutic potential in a model of chronic asthma [PDF]
, 2016 Chronic asthma is associated with persistent lung inflammation and long-term remodelling of the airways that have proved refractory to conventional treatments such as steroids, despite their efficacy in controlling acute airway contraction and bronchial ...
Al-Riyami, L. +6 more
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Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2018 Background The China-Myanmar border region presents a great challenge in malaria elimination in China, and it is essential to understand the relationship between malaria vulnerability and population mobility in this region.
Tian-Mu Chen +9 more
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Slow-release praziquantel for dogs: presentation of a new formulation for echinococcosis control
Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2017 Background Echinococcosis is a serious, zoonotic, parasitic disease with worldwide distribution. According to a epidemiological survey in 2012 in China, there are 20,000 infected patients and more than 50 million people at the risk.
Bin Jiang +5 more
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular protozoan parasite. T. gondii primarily infection in pregnant women may result in fetal abortion, and infection in immunosuppressed population may result in toxoplasmosis.
Xunhui Zhuo +6 more
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Host genetics and population structure effects on parasitic disease
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2012 Host genetic factors exert significant influences on differential susceptibility to many infectious diseases. In addition, population structure of both host and parasite may influence disease distribution patterns. In this study, we assess the effects of
S. Williams-Blangero +9 more
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Intestinal parasitic infections in schoolchildren in different settings of Côte d'Ivoire : effect of diagnostic approach and implications for control [PDF]
, 2012 BACKGROUND: Social-ecological systems govern parasitic infections in humans. Within the frame of assessing the accuracy of a rapid diagnostic test for Schistosoma mansoni in Cote d'Ivoire, three different endemicity settings had to be identified and ...
AS Stensgaard +49 more
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