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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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Evaluation of semiochemical based push-pull strategy for population suppression of ambrosia beetle vectors of laurel wilt disease in avocado. [PDF]

, 2020
Ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae and Platypodinae) bore into tree xylem to complete their life cycle, feeding on symbiotic fungi.
Carrillo, Daniel, Conover, Derrick, Mafra-Neto, Agenor, Martini, Xavier, Rivera, Monique J, Stelinski, Lukasz L   +5 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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Recombinant expression systems: the obstacle to helminth vaccines? [PDF]

, 2007
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Claerebout, Edwin, De Maere, Veerle, Geldhof, Peter, Vercruysse, Jozef   +3 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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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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A Case Report of a Rare Aetiology of a Sigmoid Volvulus Involving a Congenital Omental Defect [PDF]

Journal of Acute Care Surgery
Sigmoid volvulus is a rare form of large bowel obstruction and makes up < 5% of all colonic obstruction. The commonest aetiologies include a lead point involving an intra or extra luminal mass such as a malignancy or a benign stricture or colonic ...
Yagan Pillay, Vimal Naidoo
doaj   +1 more source

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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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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Annual Report of the 2022 National Clinical Database: Decade‐Long Trends and Current Status of Gastroenterological Surgery in Japan

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim The National Clinical Database (NCD) of Japan is the largest nationwide registry, covering over 95% of surgeries in the country. This 2022 annual report summarizes the short‐term outcomes of gastroenterological surgeries and discusses trends and insights over the past decade.
Koshi Kumagai, Arata Takahashi, Hideki Ueno, Naoki Hiki, Yoshiki Kajiwara, Tomoki Ebata, Takao Otsuka, Taro Oshikiri, Yoshihiro Kakeji, Takanori Goi, Akio Saiura, Hiroshi Saeki, Chie Tanaka, Masanori Tokunaga, Tsutomu Fujii, Satoru Matsuda, Tsunekazu Mizushima, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Yuko Kitagawa, Ken Shirabe   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source