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Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis
The human burden of soil-transmitted helminthiasis is highest in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) than in other parts of the world. The major parasites that...
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Helminth Microbiota Profiling Using Bacterial 16S rRNA Gene Amplicon Sequencing: From Sampling to Sequence Data Mining
Symbiont microbial communities play important roles in animal biology and are thus considered integral components of metazoan organisms, including...
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Febuxostat ameliorates muscle degeneration and movement disorder of the dystrophin mutant model in Caenorhabditis elegans
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an inherited disorder with mutations in the dystrophin gene characterized by progressive muscle degeneration and...
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Schistosomiasis
Schistosomiasis, a neglected tropical disease, is caused by the blood fluke that resides in the blood vessels of the human hosts. It presents as an...
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Human filariasis—contributions of the Litomosoides sigmodontis and Acanthocheilonema viteae animal model
Filariae are vector-borne parasitic nematodes that are endemic worldwide, in tropical and subtropical regions. Important human filariae spp. include On...
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Characteristics and function of cathepsin L3 from Schistosoma japonicum
Schistosomiasis is still prevalent and seriously endangering the health of people and livestock in many countries. There have been great efforts to...
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Animal welfare and zoonosis risk: anti-Trichinella antibodies in breeding pigs farmed under controlled housing conditions
BackgroundDomesticated pigs are the main source of Trichinella sp. infections for humans, particularly when reared in backyards or free-ranging. In...
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Anesthesia for the dog with heartworm disease: a brief, practical review
Dogs with heartworm disease may present for procedures that require anesthesia. This article is a brief, practical review of anesthetic techniques...
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Onchocerciasis in the Cameroon–Chad border area after more than 20 years of annual mass ivermectin distribution
BackgroundThe main vectors of onchocerciasis in Africa are Simulium damnosum sensu lato, which transmit the causative agent Onchocerca volvulus . The...
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Worms of Humans
This chapter defines the group of parasitic worms, which belong to the main groups of trematodes, cestodes, nematodes, pentastomids, acanthocephalans...
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Nanoparticle-Mediated Cancer Chemotherapy
There are certain limitations of cancer chemotherapy including lack of specificity for tumour, drug resistance, limited aqueous solubility, short...
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Foodborne Helminthiasis
Purpose of ReviewThis review focuses on key foodborne helminths: providing an overview of their lifecycles and major transmission routes to humans,...
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Human schistosomiasis in Nigeria: present status, diagnosis, chemotherapy, and herbal medicines
Schistosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease caused by a parasitic, trematode blood fluke of the genus Schistosoma . With 20 million people...
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Modeling schistosomiasis transmission: the importance of snail population structure
BackgroundSchistosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease endemic in 54 countries. A major Schistosoma species, Schistosoma mansoni , is sustained...
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Dipylidiasis
Dipylidium caninum is a common tapeworm of dogs and cats, and occasionally found in humans especially in children. The disease dipylidiosis is...
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Epidemiology and Public Health Importance
This chapter presents information on the distribution of loiasis and factors explaining variations in prevalence levels. Data on the cases reported...
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Advances in the study of the interaction between schistosome infections and the host's intestinal microorganisms
Schistosomiasis, also called bilharziasis, is a neglected tropical disease induced by schistosomes that infects hundreds of millions of people...
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Guts within guts: the microbiome of the intestinal helminth parasite Ascaris suum is derived but distinct from its host
BackgroundIntestinal helminths are extremely prevalent among humans and animals. In particular, intestinal roundworms affect more than 1 billion...
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Helminths
Helminths are multicellular worms, some of which are parasitic and cause serious diseases in humans, particularly in tropical regions. Parasitic...
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Urine metabolites for the identification of Onchocerca volvulus infections in patients from Cameroon
BackgroundThe tropical disease onchocerciasis (river blindness), caused by Onchocerca volvulus filarial nematodes, is targeted for elimination by...
