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The anterior esophageal region of Schistosoma japonicum is a secretory organ

Parasites & Vectors, 2014
Background The esophagus of blood-feeding schistosomes has been largely neglected although its posterior portion was designated as a gland decades ago. However, we recently showed it plays a pivotal role in blood processing. It is clearly demarcated into
Xiao Hong Li, Meg Stark, Gillian M Vance, Jian Ping Cao, R Alan Wilson   +4 more
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Intestinal parasitic infections in Okada rural community, Edo State, Nigeria: a four year retrospective study

Healthcare in Low-resource Settings, 2014
Intestinal parasitic infections are associated with morbidity and mortality worldwide. Data on prevalence of intestinal parasitic infection is sparse in rural Nigeria.
Bankole H. Oladeinde, Richard Omoregie, Mitsan Olley, Ahamdi J. Anunibe, Ikponmwosa Odia   +4 more
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Intestinal Parasitic Infections and Iron Deficiency Anaemia among School Children in El Khalige Village, Dakhalia, Egypt [PDF]

Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases, 2017
Background and study aim: Intestinal parasitic infection and iron deficiency anaemia are still nowadays, an important public health problem worldwide, mainly in developing countries.
Nahed Mosaad, Sara Abdel-Rahman, Tarik Zaher, Mohieddin Abdul Fattah, Ahmed Mahmoud   +4 more
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Microarray in parasitic infections

Tropical Parasitology, 2012
Modern biology and genomic sciences are rooted in parasitic disease research. Genome sequencing efforts have provided a wealth of new biological information that promises to have a major impact on our understanding of parasites. Microarrays provide one of the major high-throughput platforms by which this information can be exploited in the laboratory ...
Sehgal, Rakesh, Misra, Shubham, Anand, Namrata, Sharma, Monika   +3 more
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Recent advances in understanding apicomplexan parasites [version 1; referees: 2 approved]

F1000Research, 2016
Intracellular single-celled parasites belonging to the large phylum Apicomplexa are amongst the most prevalent and morbidity-causing pathogens worldwide.
Frank Seeber, Svenja Steinfelder
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Mapping Helminth Co-Infection and Co-Intensity: Geostatistical Prediction in Ghana [PDF]

, 2011
Background: Morbidity due to Schistosoma haematobium and hookworm infections is marked in those with intense co-infections by these parasites. The development of a spatial predictive decision-support tool is crucial for targeting the delivery of ...
Biritwum, NK, John O. Gyapong, Brooker Simon, Brooker, Simon, Zhang Yaobi, Biritwum, Nana-Kwadwo, Fenwick Alan, Blair, L, Alan Fenwick, Archie C A Clements, Gyapong, John O., Ricardo J Soares Magalhães, Soares Magalhaes, Ricardo, Clements, Archie C. A., Yaobi Zhang, Nana-Kwadwo Biritwum, Soares Magalhães Ricardo J., Lynsey Blair, Biritwum Nana-Kwadwo, Gyapong, JO, Blair Lynsey, Magalhaes, RJS, Clements Archie C. A., Fenwick, A, Soares Magalhaes, Ricardo J., Gyapong John O., Brooker, S, Archie C. A. Clements, John O Gyapong, Simon Brooker, Ricardo J. Soares Magalhães, Zhang, YB, Blair, Lynsey, Clements, ACA, Zhang, Yaobi, Fenwick, Alan   +35 more
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ASSESSMENT OF NURSES' PERFORMANCE RELATED TO CONTROL OF SOME PARASITES ACQUIRED FROM FRESH VEGETABLES AS A PATIENT SAFETY MEASURE IN A MILITARY HOSPITAL [PDF]

Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 2014
Foodborne parasitic infection in the hospital constitutes a major health problem particularly for patients who are more vulnerable than healthy subjects to parasitic risks.
TOSSON MORSY, NAGLAA MOHAMED, SALWA AHMED, HISHAM ALI, AHMED SALEH   +4 more
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Real-Time PCR for Molecular Detection of Zoonotic and Non-Zoonotic Giardia spp. in Wild Rodents

Microorganisms, 2021
Giardiasis in humans is a gastrointestinal disease transmitted by the potentially zoonotic Giardia duodenalis genotypes (assemblages) A and B. Small wild rodents such as mice and voles are discussed as potential reservoirs for G.
Christian Klotz, Elke Radam, Sebastian Rausch, Petra Gosten-Heinrich, Toni Aebischer   +4 more
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Blood meal identification in the cryptic species Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles coluzzii using MALDI-TOF MS

Parasite, 2018
Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) has recently emerged in entomology as a technique to identify arthropods and their blood meal source.
Tandina Fatalmoudou, Laroche Maureen, Davoust Bernard, K Doumbo Ogobara, Parola Philippe   +4 more
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EFFICACY OF IVERMACTIN AGANIST SOME NATURALLY ACQUIRED GASTRO-INTESTINAL PARASITIC INFECTION IN MULES

The Iraqi Journal of Veterinary Medicine, 2022
The activity of a single subcutaneous injection of ivermectin at dose of 200 mcg/kg of body weight was evaluated against naturally acquired gastro-intestinal parasites in mules.
Amir n. Saleem
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