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One Health – an Ecological and Evolutionary Framework for tackling Neglected Zoonotic Diseases [PDF]
Understanding the complex population biology and transmission ecology of multihost parasites has been declared as one of the major challenges of biomedical sciences for the 21st century and the Neglected Zoonotic Diseases (NZDs) are perhaps the most ...
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Alternatives to Praziquantel for the Prevention and Control of Schistosomiasis.
Schistosomiasis, a neglected tropical disease provoked by infection with parasitic blood flukes of the genus Schistosoma, affects almost 240 million people worldwide, and more than 700 million people live in endemic areas.
T. Spangenberg
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ABSTRACT Background and Aims Asthma is a chronic respiratory disorder with both genetic and environmental underlying risk factors. Allergic asthma, the most prevalent kind, is mostly ascribed to aberrant T helper type 2 (Th2) inflammation and is brought on by allergens.
Ayenew Assefa +2 more
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Developing Endemicity of Schistosomiasis, Corsica, France
Urogenital schistosomiasis was diagnosed in a man from Germany who had never traveled outside Europe. He likely acquired the infection in Corsica, France, but did not swim in the Cavu River, which was linked to a previous outbreak.
C. Rothe +8 more
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ABSTRACT Urban river bathing is re‐emerging across Europe, driven by social demand and climate change impacts. The Urban Bathing Consortium, an interdisciplinary and intersectoral consortium initiated at the University of Lyon (France), is at the forefront of studying the challenges and opportunities of creating and managing healthy, safe, and ...
Yixin Cao +22 more
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Background Plasmodium vivax is the most widely distributed malaria parasite, and its drug resistance poses unique challenges to malaria elimination. The Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) is known as the global epicenter of multidrug resistance. Surveillance
Xiaoxiao Wang +5 more
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Historic data and baseline surveys showed schistosomiasis as highly/moderately endemic in 7 of 14 districts in Sierra Leone, justifying annual/biennial mass drug administration (MDA) with praziquantel.
Y. Bah +9 more
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Pesticide pollution in freshwater paves the way for schistosomiasis transmission
Schistosomiasis is a severe neglected tropical disease caused by trematodes and transmitted by freshwater snails. Snails are known to be highly tolerant to agricultural pesticides. However, little attention has been paid to the ecological consequences of
J. Becker +11 more
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Controlled Human Infection Models (CHIMs) offer a powerful approach to accelerate vaccine development for neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). This review highlights scientific and translational advances enabled by CHIMs, with a focus on a novel Leishmania major model.
Vivak Parkash
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Background Owing to the harmfulness and seriousness of Schistosomiasis japonica in China, the control and prevention of S. japonica transmission are imperative. As the unique intermediate host of this disease, Oncomelania hupensis plays an important role
Jin-Yi Wu +11 more
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