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Complement and parasitic trematodes
Parasitology Today, 1989The complement (C) system acts as a barrier to protect our bodies against invading pathogens. It may react to cytophilic antibodies or directly to foreign molecules presented by the intruder. As well as their cytotoxic activity, C components can attract and attach leucocytes to the surface of the foreign body, and activate them to kill it.
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Epidemiology of Trematode Infections
2014Human-infecting digenetic trematodes are approximately 70 species which belong to 60 genera over the world. According to their habitat in the definitive hosts, they are classified as blood flukes (Schistosoma japonicum. S. mekongi, S. mansoni, S. haematobium, and S. intercalatum), liver flukes (Clonorchis sinensis, Opisthorchis viverrini, O.
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Schistosomes and Other Trematodes
2008This chapter investigates trematode flatworms that infect human beings. These include the schistosomes that live in venules of the gastrointestinal or genitourinary tract and other flukes that inhabit the bile ducts, intestines, or bronchi. It examines the geographic distribution of each species of trematode, which parallels the distribution of the ...
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