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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Hookworm"”.
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Epidemiology and molecular characterization of human and canine hookworm
Among the soil-transmitted helminths (STH), hookworms are a worldwide problem in both humans and animals. They cause non-specific gastrointestinal symptoms, and in young children and animals, they can cause stunting, malnutrition and anemia. Canine hookworms have significant zoonotic potential as a …
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Chemical control of larvae of the dog hookworm Ancylostoma caninum (Erolani)
Call number: LD2668 .T4 1950 L54
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Chemical control of larvae of the dog hookworm Ancylostoma caninum (Erolani)
Call number: LD2668 .T4 1950 L54
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Influence of helminth infection on vaginal immunity
… fully elucidated. In this thesis the impact of hookworm infection on immunity in the female reproductive tract and risk of Human Papillomavirus infection in humans was investigated. The influence of helminth infection on B and T cell responses in the female reproductive tract and how this …
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Evaluation of Anthelmintic Properties and Toxicity of Pure Compounds Isolated from Dalea Spp (Plantae, Fabaceae)
Infecting upwards of a billion people worldwide, hookworm is one of the most prevalent parasitic infections affecting the world today. Those infected experience hookworm disease, characterized by severe anemia, which can lead to malnutrition, low birth weights, and physical and mental impairments. …
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The function of IL-4Rα expression on key immune cells during experimental Nippostrongylus brasiliensis infections
… brasiliensis resembles that of the human hookworms Necator americanus and Ancylostoma duodenale and as such is a useful murine model for studying hookworm disease.
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Parasitic infections and storage iron deficiency in children in improverished regions of Mauritius
… iron depletion, this is significant only with hookworm infestation. Additionally it has been noted that hookworm infestation is directly related to age contrary to other parasitic infestations.
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Three empirical essays on investment in physical and human capital
… consequences of the successful eradication of hookworm disease from the American South in the early twentieth century. I find that reducing hookworm infection in this region brought about large increases in human capital and earnings. I then place these results in the context of contemporaneous …
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A educação em saúde no ensino de ciências como estratégia de sensibilização e prevenção das parasitoses intestinais.
… ± SD); Schistosomiasis: 2.61 ± 2.93 (mean ± SD); Hookworm 1.76 ± 1.72 (mean ± SD): Taeniasis: 2.47 ± 2.48 (mean ± SD). Thirty days after the completion of the educational intervention, a post-test was carried out with the participants, where a significant increase was observed: Ascariasis: 9.12 ± …
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Putting teeth into the developmental origins hypothesis: A longitudinal study of early childhood malnutrition, enamel hypoplasia and adolescent health in Amazonian Bolivia
… and parasitic gastrointestinal infection (hookworm infection). Adolescent outcomes (10-17 years of age) were collected in 2015 and included anthropometrics (height, weight, body mass index (BMI)) and biomarkers (hemoglobin (Hb), glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), white blood cell count (WBC) and …
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Cancer cell behaviour following parasite exposure
… The results revealed that antigen from the hookworm Nippostrongylus brasiliensis significantly reduced cervical cancer cell migration and the expression of two markers of metastasis: vimentin and N-cadherin. Importantly, N. brasiliensis antigen significantly lowered the expression of …
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Biological insights into the parasitic nematode Heligmosomoides bakeri from bulk and single-cell transcriptomics
… important parasites of livestock and the hookworm parasites of humans. As a murine parasite it is more amenable to being maintained and manipulated in a controlled laboratory environment than its relatives. The worm enters its host during its third larval stage and develops through another …
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Malnutrition among Bangladeshi women in ultra poor households: prevalence and determinants.
… parasite was Ascaris with prevalence of 52%, hookworm and Trichuris trichiura were 23% and 14% respectively. Less than 3% had any formal schooling. <br/>Only 15% women used sanitary latrine and 19% women took iron tablet during last pregnancy. Significant association was found between BMI and …
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Regulation of HPV infection and cervical cancer development following a helminth infection
… work published by our group demonstrated that hookworm infec7on increased pathology in the female genital tract (FGT) following infec7on with the commonly sexually transmi,ed herpes simplex virus (HSV)-2. Although epidemiological studies have linked helminth infec7on with an increased …
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Mineralogy, geochemistry and health impacts of earth materials consumed by humans in Vhembe District, Limpopo Province, South Africa
… trichuria, Stongyloides stercoralis and Hookworm). Sixty eight non pregnant geophagic women between the ages of 18 and 49 and five non-pregnant women that do not practice geophagia between the ages of 18 and 45 (control group) were recrnited into the study. Forty four percent of the …
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The study of ancient viral class II envelope fusion proteins within the viral retroelements of Nematoda and the nuclear plasmids of Dictyostelium
Within the parasitic nematode Ancylostoma ceylanicum, a nearly 20 million-year-old Bel/Pao LTR-retrotransposon encodes an ancient viral class II envelope fusion protein. Typically, retroviruses and related degenerate retrotransposons encode a hemagglutinin-like class I envelope fusion protein. A …