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The essential schistosome tegumental ectoenzyme SmNPP5 can block NAD-induced T cell apoptosis
Virulence, 2020 Infection with intravascular platyhelminths of the genus Schistosoma can result in the debilitating disease schistosomiasis. Schistosomes (blood flukes) can survive in the host for many years.
Catherine S. Nation +2 more
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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2020 Background Nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) are increasingly being used as diagnostic tools for soil-transmitted helminths (STHs; Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura, Necator americanus, Ancylostoma duodenale and A.
P. Cools +26 more
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Functional Annotation of Some Hypothetical Genes in the Schistosoma Parasite Based on Reciprocal Best Structural-hit Relationship [PDF]
Research in Molecular Medicine, 2022 Background: The Schistosoma parasite is responsible for several overlooked tropical diseases, which cause significant economic losses in livestock. This parasite is increasingly found in the central areas of the northern provinces of Iran. To generate an
Arezou Askari Rad +3 more
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Parasite immunology (Print), 2020 Schistosomiasis is the most important helminth disease in the world from a public health perspective. S mansoni and S japonicum account for the majority of global intestinal schistosomiasis cases, and the pathogenesis is widely assumed to be ...
Felix Llanwarne, H. Helmby
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Parasites & Vectors, 2020 Urogenital schistosomiasis, caused by infection with Schistosoma haematobium, is endemic in Niger but complicated by the presence of Schistosoma bovis, Schistosoma curassoni and S.
T. Pennance +9 more
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Urinary Schistosomiasis Detected by Chance in India: A Case Report [PDF]
Journal of Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences University, 2020 Schistosomiasis is a parasitic trematode that is less commonly seen in India. The clinical manifestations range from acute, sub acute and chronic phases. A granulomatous type of lesion formed by Schistosoma hematobium in the lower urinary tract.
Flora D. Lobo +3 more
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Characteristics of persistent hotspots of Schistosoma mansoni in western Côte d’Ivoire
Parasites & Vectors, 2020 Preventive chemotherapy with praziquantel is the cornerstone of schistosomiasis control. However, in some social-ecological settings, the prevalence and/or intensity of Schistosoma infection does not lower meaningfully despite multiple rounds of ...
Rufin K Assaré +10 more
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The Mannose Receptor in Regulation of Helminth-Mediated Host Immunity
Frontiers in Immunology, 2017 Infection with parasitic helminths affects humanity and animal welfare. Parasitic helminths have the capacity to modulate host immune responses to promote their survival in infected hosts, often for a long time leading to chronic infections.
Irma van Die, Richard D. Cummings
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The Pan African Medical Journal, 2019 INTRODUCTION: Freshwater vector snails' distribution, infection with cercariae, preferred habitat and possible trematodiases transmission foci is not well known in Western Kenya.
Maurice Omondi Owiny +3 more
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Protein tyrosine kinases in Schistosoma mansoni
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2006 The identification and description of signal transduction molecules and mechanisms are essential to elucidate Schistosoma mansoni host-parasite interactions and parasite biology.
Diana Bahia +4 more
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