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Prevalence of intestinal parasites and risk factors forspecific and multiple helminth infections in a remote city of the Brazilian Amazon

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2016
: INTRODUCTION: Few studies have described the risk factors of intestinal parasitic infections in the Amazon. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was performed in a City of the State of Amazonas (Brazil) to estimate the prevalence of intestinal parasites
Alessandra Queiroga Gonçalves, Angela Cristina Verissimo Junqueira, Rosa Abellana, Patricia Comella del Barrio, Wagner Cosme Morhy Terrazas, Fernando Campos Sodré, Márcio Neves Bóia, Carlos Ascaso   +7 more
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Testing of Great Bay Oysters for Two Protozoan Pathogens [PDF]

, 2009
Two protozoan pathogens, Haplosporidium nelsoni (MSX) and Perkinsus marinus (Dermo) are known to be present in Great Bay oysters. With funds provided by the Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership (PREP), the Marine Fisheries Division of New Hampshire ...
Grout, Douglas E.
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Europe's contribution to the evaluation of the use of systemic antimicrobials in the treatment of periodontitis

Periodontology 2000, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract This narrative review celebrates Europe's contribution to the current knowledge on systemically administered antimicrobials in periodontal treatment. Periodontitis is the most frequent chronic noncommunicable human disease. It is caused by dysbiotic bacterial biofilms and is commonly treated with subgingival instrumentation.
David Herrera, Arie Jan van Winkelhoff, Paula Matesanz, Katalina Lauwens, Wim Teughels   +4 more
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Changing trends in intestinal parasitic infections among long-term-residents and settled immigrants in Qatar

Parasites & Vectors, 2010
Background The rapid socio-economic development in Qatar in the last two decades has encouraged a mass influx of immigrant workers, the majority of whom originate from countries with low socio-economic levels, inadequate medical care and many are known ...
Doiphode Sanjay H, Behnke Jerzy M, Abu-Madi Marawan A   +2 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, B Matthys, CH King, D Glinz, Dimitri Hauri, Eliézer K N’Goran, G Raso, J Aagaard-Hansen, J Keiser, J Keiser, J Utzinger, J Utzinger, J Vercruysse, Jean T Coulibaly, JT Coulibaly, Jürg Utzinger, K Ziegelbauer, Kigbafori D Silué, LD Wang, LT Tchuem Tchuenté, M Booth, M Nacher, M Ouattara, Mamadou Ouattara, MJ Enk, N Katz, N Yakubu, NA N'Guessan, P Druilhe, P Hotez, P Steinmann, P Steinmann, PJ Hotez, PJ Hotez, PJ Hotez, R Pullan, RN Chunge, S Brooker, S Knopp, SG Traoré, SJ de Vlas, SL Stanley, SO Asaolu, Stefanie Knopp, T Minenoa, Thomas Fürst, TW Mwangi, WHO, WHO, YX Huang   +49 more
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Malarial and intestinal parasitic co-infections in indigenous populations of the Brazilian Amazon rainforest

Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2023
The Brazilian Amazon rainforest region has a significant prevalence of malarial and intestinal parasitic infections in indigenous populations, accounting for a disproportionate burden.
Mariana Pinheiro Alves Vasconcelos, Juan Camilo Sánchez-Arcila, Luciana Peres, Paulo Sérgio Fonseca de Sousa, Marcelo Augusto dos Santos Alvarenga, Júlio Castro-Alves, Maria de Fatima Ferreira-da-Cruz, Marilza Maia-Herzog, Joseli Oliveira-Ferreira   +8 more
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Echinococcus, Giardia and Cryptosporidium: observational studies challenging accepted dogma [PDF]

, 2009
The development of in vitro culture systems that allow the maintenance, and support the development of Echinococcus, Giardia and Cryptosporidium in the laboratory have had a significant impact on their biology and taxonomy and the epidemiology of ...
Thompson, R.C.A.
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Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor in Protozoan Infections

Journal of Parasitology Research, 2012
Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is a cytokine that plays a central role in immune and inflammatory responses. In the present paper, we discussed the participation of MIF in the immune response to protozoan parasite infections.
Marcelo T. Bozza, Yuri C. Martins, Letícia A. M. Carneiro, Claudia N. Paiva   +3 more
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A Novel Non-invasive Method to Detect RELM Beta Transcript in Gut Barrier Related Changes During a Gastrointestinal Nematode Infection [PDF]

, 2019
Currently, methods for monitoring changes of gut barrier integrity and the associated immune response via non-invasive means are limited. Therefore, we aimed to develop a novel non-invasive technique to investigate immunological host responses ...
Affinass, Nicole, Ahmed, Norus, Hartmann, Susanne, Heitlinger, Emanuel, Jarquin, Victor Hugo, Jost, Jenny, Kühl, Anja A., Steinfelder, Svenja, Xenophontos, Natasa   +8 more
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Taming Parasites by Tailoring Them

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2017
The next-generation gene editing based on CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats) has been successfully implemented in a wide range of organisms including some protozoan parasites.
Bingjian Ren, Nishith Gupta
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