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Infection and co-infection with helminths and Plasmodium among school children in Côte d'Ivoire : results from a National Cross-Sectional Survey [PDF]
, 2014 Helminth infection and malaria remain major causes of ill-health in the tropics and subtropics. There are several shared risk factors (e.g., poverty), and hence, helminth infection and malaria overlap geographically and temporally.
Silué, Kigbafori D. +59 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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Repurposing of anticancer drugs: in vitro and in vivo activities against Schistosoma mansoni [PDF]
, 2015 BACKGROUND: Drug discovery for the neglected tropical disease schistosomiasis has a high priority. Anticancer drugs, especially protein kinase inhibitors, might serve as a starting point for drug discovery owing to the importance of protein kinases in ...
Cowan, Noemi +3 more
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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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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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Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2023 Migratory flows and international travel are triggering an increase in imported cases of schistosomiasis in non-endemic countries. The present study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the LAMP technique on patients’ urine samples for the diagnosis of ...
Joaquín Salas-Coronas +11 more
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Meclonazepam analogues as potential new antihelmintic agents.
, 2008 New analogues of the potent antihelmintic meclonazepam were prepared and evaluated against Schistosoma mansoni. The biological data suggests substitution at positions 2 and 4 of meclonazepam could provide promising analogues for prophylactic and ...
Bickle, Quentin +4 more
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Development of an in vitro drug screening assay using Schistosoma haematobium schistosomula [PDF]
, 2012 BACKGROUND: The development of novel antischistosomal drugs is crucial, as currently no vaccine and only a single drug is available for the treatment of schistosomiasis.
Ingram, K. +14 more
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Chemistry – A European Journal, EarlyView.Balancing Act: Se─M bond serving as the fulcrum of the balance scale to compare the different weight of toxicity and therapeutic effects in biological environment. ABSTRACT The synthesis and characterization of organo‐selenium compounds have attracted considerable interest for decades, driven by the search for efficient catalysts and bioinspired ...
Matteo Filippi +6 more
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Praziquantel, mefloquine-praziquantel, and mefloquine-artesunate-praziquantel against Schistosoma haematobium : a randomized, exploratory, open-label trial [PDF]
, 2014 Treatment and morbidity control of schistosomiasis relies on a single drug, praziquantel. Hence, there is a pressing need to develop additional therapeutics against schistosomiasis.
Silué, Kigbafori D. +34 more
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