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Onchocerca volvulus-specific antibody and cellular responses in onchocerciasis patients treated annually with ivermectin for 30 years and exposed to parasite transmission in central Togo

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2022
Background Annual mass drug administrations (MDA) of ivermectin will strongly reduce Onchocerca volvulus microfilariae (mf) in the skin and in the onchocerciasis patients’ eyes. Ivermectin treatment will also affect the expression of immunity in patients,
Saskia I. Johanns, Richard G. Gantin, Bawoubadi Wangala, Kossi Komlan, Wemboo A. Halatoko, Meba Banla, Potchoziou Karabou, Adrian JF Luty, Hartwig Schulz-Key, Carsten Köhler, Peter T. Soboslay   +10 more
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Ileosigmoid knot during pregnancy: unusual cause of intestinal obstruction

PAMJ Clinical Medicine, 2020
Ileosigmoid knotting also known as compound volvulus or double volvulus, is a rare cause of intestinal obstruction. In this condition the ileum wraps around the base of the sigmoid colon and forms a knot, the condition is serious, generally progressing ...
Mohamed Anajjar, Yasser El Brahmi, Faisal El Mouhafid, Aziz fadili, Mohammed Elfahssi, Mbarek Yakka, Abderrahman Elhjouji, Abdelkader Ihirchiou, Aziz Zentar, Abdelmounaim Ait Ali   +9 more
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Co-infection with Onchocerca volvulus and Loa loa microfilariae in central Cameroon: are these two species interacting? [PDF]

, 2006
Ivermectin treatment may induce severe adverse reactions in some individuals heavily infected with Loa loa. This hampers the implementation of mass ivermectin treatment against onchocerciasis in areas where Onchocerca volvulus and L.
Basáñez, M-G, Boussinesq, M, Clarke, P, Filipe, JAN, Gardon, J, Kamgno, J, Pion, SDS   +6 more
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The kunitz domain protein BLI-5 plays a functionally conserved role in cuticle formation in a diverse range of nematodes [PDF]

, 2010
The cuticle of parasitic nematodes performs many critical functions and is essential for proper development and for protection from the host immune response.
Antony P. Page, Bernard, Blaxter, Chu, Cook, Fessler, Ford, Frand, Ghedin, Gillian McCormack, Gillian Stepek, Hawdon, Johnstone, Johnstone, Kingston, Kingston, Kramerova, Kramerova, Kress, Mieszczanek, Milstone, Nagano, Novelli, Novelli, Paesen, Page, Page, Poole, Priess, Redmond, Rhoads, Sasaki, Scott, Shamansky, Skuce, Stanssens, Studier, Thacker, Thacker, Thacker, Thacker, Thein, Wells, Winter   +43 more
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Gastric volvulus [PDF]

Emergency Medicine Journal, 2007
Gastric volvulus is a rare disease with an unknown incidence. Unless it stays in the back of the diagnostician's mind, diagnosis of gastric volvulus, which can have significant morbidity and mortality associated with it, can be easily missed. Unstable vital signs and distressed appearance are not always present, as in textbook cases.
Bang, Chau, Susan, Dufel
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The therapeutic efficacy and macrofilaricidal activity of doxycycline for the treatment of river blindness [PDF]

, 2014
Background. Onchocerca volvulus and lymphatic filariae, causing river blindness and elephantiasis, depend on endosymbiotic Wolbachia bacteria for growth, development, fertility, and survival.
Achim Hoerauf, Agwuh, Basáñez, Basáñez, Bosshardt, Cattamanchi, Chib, Churcher, de Andrade, Debrah, Duke, Duke, Gardon, Gelman, Hoerauf, Hoerauf, Hoerauf, Hoerauf, Hoerauf, Hoerauf, Hoerauf, Mand, Mark J. Taylor, Martin Walker, María-Gloria Basáñez, Norton, Osei-Atweneboana, Plaisier, Plaisier, Roberts, Sabine Specht, Specht, Tamarozzi, Taylor, Taylor, Taylor, Taylor, Taylor, Thomas S. Churcher, van Rie, Wanji, Wearing, World Health Organization, Xia   +43 more
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Serotonin Levels in the Serum of Persons with Onchocerciasis-Associated Epilepsy: A Case-Control Study

Pathogens, 2021
Onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy (OAE) is a devastating childhood disorder occurring in areas with high Onchocerca volvulus transmission. Despite epidemiological evidence showing the association between O.
Melissa Krizia Vieri, An Hotterbeekx, Michel Mandro, Joseph Nelson Siewe Fodjo, Alfred Dusabimana, Francoise Nyisi, Deby Mukendi, Joe Gwatsvaira, Samir Kumar-Singh, Robert Colebunders   +9 more
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Peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerases (immunophilins) and their roles in parasite biochemistry, host-parasite interaction and antiparasitic drug action. [PDF]

, 2006
Immunophilin is the collective name given to the cyclophilin and FK506-binding protein (FKBP) families. As the name suggests, these include the major binding proteins of certain immunosuppressive drugs: cyclophilins for the cyclic peptide cyclosporin A ...
Adams, Aliberti, Alphey, Angus Bell, Antony P. Page, Argaet, Banerjee, Banumathy, Belfiore, Bell, Bell, Bell, Berriman, Blumenthal, Blumenthal, Borel, Bozdech, Braun, Bua, Carlton, Chakraborty, Chakraborty, Chappell, Chappell, Cianciotto, Cohen, Colgan, Dao-Thi, Denkers, Dobson, Dolinski, Dornan, Dornan, Dutta, Fischer, Florens, Galat, Galat, Gavigan, Gavigan, Gilleard, Golding, Hacker, Hall, High, Hirtzlin, Hong, Hope, Kamath, Kay, Ke, Khattab, Kiang, Klinkert, Klinkert, Knobloch, Kumar, Kumar, Kumar, Le Roch, Lightowlers, Lorberg, Ma, Ma, Ma, Matsuda, McLauchlan, Mikol, Monaghan, Monaghan, Moro, Osman, Ostoa-Saloma, Oz, Page, Page, Page, Page, Page, Page, Page, Paul Monaghan, Pelle, Pereira, Peterson, Picken, Pratt, Rascher, Reddy, Riggs, Rossi, Shirane, Silverman, Taylor, Tuo, Valle, Wang, Weiwad, Williams, Yarovinsky, Yu, Zorio   +101 more
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Laparoscopic 'steering wheel' derotation technique for midgut volvulus in children with intestinal malrotation

Journal of Minimal Access Surgery, 2019
Introduction: Since the first description by William Ladd, the Ladd's procedure has been the surgery of choice for the correction of malrotation. The laparoscopic Ladd's procedure is becoming popular with the advent of minimal access surgery and is ...
Vikesh Agrawal, Abhishek Tiwari, Himanshu Acharya, Rajesh Mishra, Dhananjaya Sharma   +4 more
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Longevity and mortality in Kennel Club registered dog breeds in the UK in 2014 [PDF]

, 2018
Background The domestic dog is one of the most diverse mammalian species, exhibiting wide variations in morphology, behaviour and morbidity across breeds.
Evans, K M, Lewis, T W, Llewellyn-Zaidi, A M, O'Neill, D G, Wiles, B M   +4 more
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