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Seroprevalence of five neglected parasitic diseases among immigrants accessing five infectious and tropical diseases units in Italy: a cross-sectional study. [PDF]

, 2017
: This multicentre cross-sectional study aims to estimate the prevalence of five neglected tropical diseases (Chagas disease, filariasis, schistosomiasis, strongyloidiasis, toxocariasis) among immigrants accessing health care facilities in five Italian ...
Angheben, A, Bartoloni, A, Bazzanini, N, Cacciatore, F, Caligaris, S, Ciannameo, A, Degani, M, Di Girolamo, C, Digaetano, M, El Hamad, I, Grilli, E, Marta, BL, Martelli, G, Monteiro, GB, Morandi, M, Moro, ML, Petrosillo, N, Rabbi, L, Scarcella, C, Tais, S, Urbinati, L, Verucchi, G, Viale, P, Zammarchi, L   +23 more
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Helminths as architects of trained tolerance: implications for human health

Clinical &Translational Immunology, Volume 15, Issue 3, 2026.
Abstract Helminths infect nearly 2 billion people worldwide and are a major cause of chronic morbidity in low‐resource regions. Unlike bacterial and viral pathogens that elicit protective memory, helminths actively remodel host immunity to enable their years‐long persistence and reinfection.
Quinn Moroz, Jorge Lucas Nascimento Souza, Neima Briggs   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fatal Strongyloides stercoralis hyper-infection in a patient with multiple myeloma

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Strongyloides stercoralis (S.S.) is a human intestinal parasite, which may lead to complicated strongyloidiasis. We report a case of disseminated strongyloidiasis following the treatment of myeloma.
Mohamed A Yassin, Halima El Omri, Ibrahim Al-Hijji, Ruba Taha, Reham Hassan, Kamal Al Aboudi, Hanadi El-Ayoubi   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Steroid-induced Strongyloidiasis with Cholestasis Post-COVID-19 Pneumonia

Oman Medical Journal, 2023
The use of immunosuppressive agents has recently been raised during the COVID-19 pandemic to manage the COVID-19-induced systemic inflammatory response and improve mortality.
Noora Al Busaidi, Fatma Al Farsi, Huda Al Batashi, Masoud Salim Kashoub, Ahmed Al Sinani, Zakariya Al Balushi, Faryal Khamis   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Patent Human Infections with the Whipworm, Trichuris trichiura, Are Not Associated with Alterations in the Faecal Microbiota [PDF]

, 2013
Background: The soil-transmitted helminth (STH), Trichuris trichiura colonises the human large intestine where it may modify inflammatory responses, an effect possibly mediated through alterations in the intestinal microbiota.
A Olsen, AJ Bancroft, AL Kau, AL Moncayo, Alan W. Walker, AW Walker, C De Filippo, C Quince, CA Figueiredo, DA Bundy, EG Zoetendal, EK Costello, GD Wu, H Sokol, J Bethony, J Maukonen, JL Shin, Jorge Reyes, JS Crowther, Julian Parkhill, KS Hayes, LC Rodrigues, LS Mansfield, M Reina Ortiz, Maritza Vaca, Martha Chico, MI Bahl, MJ Broadhurst, MP Bryant, N Segata, P Endara, P Steinmann, PB Eckburg, PD Schloss, Philip Cooper, RW Li, RW Li, RW Summers, RW Summers, S Wu, ST Walk, Stefan Bereswill, Susannah J. Salter, T Yatsunenko, TT MacDonald, VB Young, Y Suputtamongkol   +46 more
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The Strongyloides stercoralis-hookworms association as a path to the estimation of the global burden of strongyloidiasis: A systematic review

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2020
Soil-transmitted helminths (STH) represent a significant public health problem. However, Strongyloides stercoralis is not yet integrated into the control strategy against STH, given limitations to accurately assess its burden.
P. Fleitas, M. Travacio, H. Martí-Soler, M. Socías, Walter Lopez, A. Krolewiecki, A. Krolewiecki   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Assessing the prevalence of schistosomiasis and strongyloidiasis in a tuberculosis clinic: the TB-TROPIcare study

Frontiers in Tropical Diseases
IntroductionIn recent years, Europe has experienced a significant flux of migrants, often hailing from regions endemic for schistosomiasis and strongyloidiasis, diseases frequently overshadowed by tuberculosis (TB) in healthcare priorities.
Camilla Genovese, Camilla Genovese, Marta Colaneri, Marta Colaneri, Simone Pagano, Simone Pagano, Marco Schiuma, Lucia Galli, Lucia Galli, Federico Fama, Federico Fama, Spinello Antinori, Spinello Antinori, Andrea Gori, Andrea Gori, Andrea Gori, Alessandro Torre   +16 more
doaj   +1 more source

The role of B-cells in immunity against adult Strongyloides venezuelensis [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: Strongyloides venezuelensis has been used as a tool and model for strongyloidiasis research. Elimination of S. venezuelensis adult worms from mice has been particularly associated with proliferation and activation of intestinal mast cells and
Haruhiko Maruyama, Mohamed A EL-Malky, Nobu Ohta, Saeed A Al-Harthi, Samar N El-Beshbishi   +4 more
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Evaluation of Total Serum IgE Level and Associated Factors in Asthmatic Patients at the University of Gondar Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: A Comparative Cross‐Sectional Study

Health Science Reports, Volume 9, Issue 1, January 2026.
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, Tadelo Wondmagegn, Markos Negash   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Adults with spontaneous aerobic Gram-negative bacillary meningitis admitted to the intensive care unit [PDF]

, 2006
The characteristics of spontaneous aerobic Gram-negative bacillary meningitis (AGNBM) were determined in 40 adults requiring admission to an intensive care unit (ICU) during a 16-year period in ten French ICUs. Eight infections were hospital-acquired and
L. Bouadma, F. Schortgen, R. Thomas, S. Wutke, F. Lellouche, B. Régnier, M. Wolff, Durand, Hussein, De Gans, Van De Beek, Tang, LeFrock, Gower, Mancebo, Harder, McCabe, Garner, Igra‐Siegman, Link, Landesman, Tunkel, Auburtin, Teasdale, Le Gall   +24 more
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