Infections by the soil-transmitted threadworm Strongyloides stercoralis affect 30–100 million people worldwide, predominantly in tropic and sub-tropic regions. Here we assessed the T helper cell phenotypes in threadworm-infected patients and experimental
Cristin N. Bock +12 more
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Objective: To study and analyze the parasitic contamination of soil in the Astrakhan region in 2011-2015. Methods: On the territory of the Astrakhan region from 2011 to 2015, specialists at the Center for Hygiene and Epidemiology in the Astrakhan ...
T.V. NIKESHINA +3 more
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Detection of enteric parasite DNA in household and bed dust samples: potential for infection transmission. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Enteric parasites are transmitted in households but few studies have sampled inside households for parasites and none have used sensitive molecular methods.
Calderón, E +5 more
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PREVALENCE AND RISK FACTOR OF STONGYLOIDOSIS IN BEEF CATTLE IN KASIMAN SUBDISTRICT, BOJONEGORO
A pair of cross-sectional studies was conducted to determine prevalence and risk factors of Strongyloides spp. (threadworm) infections in beef cattle in Kasiman Subdistrict, the Regency of Bojonegoro.
Yusuf Ridwan +2 more
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Cysticercosis and taeniasis cases diagnosed at two referral medical institutions, Belgium, 1990 to 2015 [PDF]
Background: Few case reports on human infections with the beef tapeworm Taenia saginata and the pork tapeworm, Taenia solium, diagnosed in Belgium have been published, yet the grey literature suggests a higher number of cases.
Bottieau, Emmanuel +6 more
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Strongyloides Hyperinfection and Hypogammaglobulinemia [PDF]
ABSTRACT We report strongyloides hyperinfection in two patients with generalized hypogammaglobulinemia from multiple myeloma and nephrotic syndrome, despite a significant strongyloides-specific immunoglobulin G (IgG) response. In contrast to reports on animals, where human IgG was shown to be a protective antibody, our observation suggests ...
Seet, R.C.S., Lau, L.G., Tambyah, P.A.
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A Review on Strongyloidiasis in Pregnant Women
Philip Wikman-Jorgensen,1 Ana Requena-Méndez,2,3 Jara Llenas-García4,5 1Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Universitario San Juan de Alicante-FISABIO, San Juan de Alicante, Alicante, Spain; 2Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal, Hospital ...
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Strongyloides and COVID-19: Challenges and Opportunities for Future Research
Strongyloides stercoralis is a soil transmitted helminth endemic to tropical and subtropical areas that can persist for decades in immunocompetent human hosts as a chronic asymptomatic infection.
Daniel Seeger +3 more
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Epidemiology of strongyle nematode infections and first report of benzimidazole resistance in Haemonchus contortus in goats in South Darfur State, Sudan [PDF]
Background Since pastoralists in South Darfur, Sudan, had complained about lack of albendazole (ABZ) efficacy to control nematodes in goats, the frequency of infection with gastrointestinal helminths was studied before in vivo faecal egg count reduction
Abakar, Adam +8 more
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Efeito da eletroacupuntura na migração de larvas durante a infecção por strongyloides venezuelensis
Objetivo: observar a migração de larvas durante a infecção aguda por S. venezuelensis em ratos Wistar tratados com acupuntura. Método: trata-se de estudo experimental in vivo, realizado ao longo dos anos de 2016 e 2017.
Luana dos Anjos-Ramos
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