Cutaneous larva migrans (CLM) is a zoonotic hookworm infection of dogs and cats commonly found in low-income countries in the tropical and subtropical regions and travellers to these regions. It is caused by invasion ...
Marina Ziliotto received a fellowship from Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior-CAPES(Brazil).Joel Henrique Ellwanger receives a postdoctoral fellowship from CAPES(Programa Nacional de Pós-Doutorado-PNPD/CAPES,Brazil).JoséArtur Bogo Chies receives a research fellowship from Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico-CNPq(Bolsa de Produtividade em Pesquisa-Nível 1A,CNPq,Brazil)and has research project funded by CAPES(CAPES AUXPE 686/2020,Brazil).
Soil harbours enormous biodiversity,essential for maintaining environmental and human health.However,soil can also be a reservoir of various parasitic pathogens,such as soil-transmitted helminths(STH).We evaluated the...
In the field of landscape epidemiology,the contribution of machine learning(ML)to modeling of epidemiological risk scenarios presents itself as a good alternative.This study aims to break with the”black box”paradigm...
supported by Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology(KIAT)grant funded by the Korea Government(MOTIE)(P0012724,The Competency Development Program for Industry Specialist);the Soonchunhyang University Research Fund.
Hookworm is an illness caused by an internal sponger called a roundworm.Inferable from deprived cleanliness in the developing nations,hookworm infection is a primary source of concern for both motherly and baby grimne...
financial support from the Water Corporation(No.XX-09-13910);WA and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industry Research Organisation(CSIRO)(Grant No:EOP 77576),Land and Water Flagship
A quantitative PCR(q PCR) assay was used to quantify Ancylostoma caninum ova in wastewater and sludge samples.We estimated the average gene copy numbers for a single ovum using a mixed population of ova.The average ...
The trial was supported by the Dissecting the Immunological Interplay between Poverty Related Diseases and Helminth Infections:An African-European Research Initiative(IDEA)consortium,which is funded by the European Union through its FP7-HEALTH-2009 programme;SK is supported by a PhD training fellowship from THRiVE(Training Health Researchers into Vocational Excellence in East Africa)consortium;which is funded by the Wellcome Trust(087540);SJB is supported by a Wellcome Trust Senior Fellowship in Basic Biomedical Science(098045);which also supports RLP.
Background:School-based deworming is widely implemented in various countries to reduce the burden of soil-transmitted helminths(STHs),however,the frequency of drug administration varies in different settings.In this s...
Dear Editor,Hookworm is an important tropical nematode.The worm is a roundworm that can be seen in many tropical areas.Basically,this roundworm can cause gastrointestinal infection and chronic infection and result in ...
We are grateful to the staff at the Gushi County Center for Disease Control and Prevention,health workers at township hospitals and village clinics in the Gushi County,and to all participants who contributed their blood samples.This project was supported by the National Science&Technology Major Program(grant No.2012ZX10004-220).
Background:Humoral and cellular immune responses play protective roles against Mycobacterium tuberculosis(MTB)infection.However,hookworm infection decreases the immune response to hookworm and bystander antigens.Curre...
The aim of this study is to determine the Socio Economic Status and Red Blood Cell Hemoglobin concentration alteration in type 2 Diabetes mellitus patients attending Diabetic Clinic in Benin City, Nigeria. The sample ...
Anemia in children is defined by the World Health Organization as a hemoglobin concentration below 11 g/dl for children (0.5-5.0 yrs) and12 g/dl for teens (12-15 yrs). 4 ml of venous blood sample was collected in EDTA...