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RNA Interference and Nonspecific Controls in Parasitic Helminths
(ICI Journals Master, 2022)
Helminths turning on the NLRP3 inflammasome: Pros and cons
(Elsevier, 2020-02)
Helminth infections can activate multimeric protein complexes called inflammasomes. In this forum we summarize the main effects of the NLRP3 inflammasome activation, including control of excessive Th2 response and ...
No impact of helminth coinfection in patients with smear positive tuberculosis on immunoglobulin levels using a novel method measuring Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific antibodies.
(Springer, 2023)
Helminth/tuberculosis (TB)-coinfection can reduce cell-mediated immunity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) and increase disease severity, although the effects are highly helminth species dependent. Mtb have long ...
Drug transfer into target helminth parasites
(Elsevier, 2007-03)
The pharmacokinetics of an anthelmintic drug includes the time course of drug absorption, distribution, metabolism and elimination from the host and determines the concentration of the active drug that reaches the location ...
Seroprevalence of antibodies against Taenia solium cysticerci among refugees resettled in United States
(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2012)
Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is a disease caused by central nervous system infection by the larval stage of the pork tapeworm, Taenia solium. In developing countries, NCC is a leading cause of adult-onset epilepsy. Case reports ...
A research agenda for helminth diseases of humans: Intervention for control and elimination
(Public Library of Science, 2012)
Recognising the burden helminth infections impose on human populations, and particularly the poor, major intervention programmes have been launched to control onchocerciasis, lymphatic filariasis, soil-transmitted ...
Resistance to single dose albendazole and reinfection with intestinal helminths among children ages 2 to 11 years from the Peruvian Amazon region: a study protocol
(BioMed Central, 2022)
Background: Deworming programs aimed at reducing morbidity and mortality from geohelminth infections are common in many countries where these infections are endemic, but data demonstrating increasing levels of resistance ...