1. HortonJ 2003 Human gastrointestinal helminth infections: are they now neglected diseases? Trends Parasitol 19 527 531. 2. UtzingerJKeiserJ 2004 Schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis: common drugs for treatment and control. Expert Opin Pharmacother 5 263 285. 3. BethonyJBrookerSAlbonicoMGeigerSMLoukasA 2006 Soil-transmitted helminth infections: ascariasis, trichuriasis, and hookworm. Lancet 367 1521 1532. 4. BrookerS 2010 Estimating the global distribution and disease burden of intestinal nematode infections: adding up the numbers-a review. Int J Parasitol 40 1137 1144. 5. HotezPJBrindleyPJBethonyJMKingCHPearceEJ 2008 Helminth infections: the great neglected tropical diseases. J Clin Invest 118 1311 1321. 6. HortonJ 2003 Global anthelmintic chemotherapy programs: learning from history. Trends Parasitol 19 405 409. 7. UtzingerJBergquistROlvedaRZhouXN 2010 Important helminth infections in Southeast Asia: diversity, potential for control and prospects for elimination. Adv Parasitol ...

The soil-transmitted helminths (also called geohelminths) are a group of intestinal parasites belonging to the phylum Nematoda that are transmitted primarily through contaminated soil. They are so called because they have a direct life cycle which requires no intermediate hosts or vectors, and the parasitic infection occurs through faecal contamination of soil, foodstuffs and water supplies. The adult forms are essentially parasites of humans, causing soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH), but also infect domesticated mammals. The juveniles are the infective forms and they undergo tissue-migratory stages during which they invade vital organs such as lungs and liver. Thus the disease manifestations can be both local and systemic. The geohelminths together present an enormous infection burden on humanity, amounting to 135,000 deaths every year, and persistent infection of more than two billion people. Soil-transmitted helminths are typically from the following families of nematodes, ...

Infections with parasitic helminths (nematodes and trematodes) represent a significant economic and welfare burden to the global ruminant livestock industry. The increasing prevalence of anthelmintic resistance means that current control programmes are costly and unsustainable in the long term. Recent changes in the epidemiology, seasonality and geographic distribution of helminth infections have been attributed to climate change. However, other changes in environment (e.g., land use) and in livestock farming, such as intensification and altered management practices, will also have an impact on helminth infections. Sustainable control of helminth infections in a changing world requires detailed knowledge of these interactions. In particular, there is a need to devise new, sustainable strategies for the effective control of ruminant helminthoses in the face of global change. In this paper, we consider the impact of helminth infections in grazing ruminants, taking a European perspective, and identify

Author Summary Infections by parasitic worms are very common, and controlling them is a major medical and veterinary challenge. Very few drugs exist to treat them, and the parasites can develop resistance to these. In order to find new ways to control worm infections, understanding how our immune system responds to them is essential. Many important parasitic worm infections move through the host lung. In this study we show that a major secreted protein in the lung, Surfactant Protein D (SP-D), is essential for immunity to a parasitic worm infection. We found that this protein binds to worm larvae in the lung to help the immune system kill them. Infecting mice that do not express SP-D with worms demonstrates SP-D is important in this immune response. These mice are unable to launch an effective anti-worm immune response and have many more worms in their intestine compared to mice that do express SP-D. We also show that if we increase SP-D levels in the lung the mouse has better immunity to worms.

Research conducted at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of the New Jersey Medical School has established that the co-infection of tuberculosis and parasitic worms can complicate TB treatment.

Helminth parasitology has proven to be one of the fast-moving and inter-disciplinary research areas across a spectrum of scientific activities from genomics, immunology and tropical medicine. With rapidly increasing sequence information, new drug development for therapy, and intricate host-parasite molecular interactions, research on these organisms and the diseases they cause is becoming ever more exciting and relevant to global health. A key element in the success of helminth research has been the collaborative and interactive community of investigators working in this field.. This Conference series on the Molecular and Cellular Biology of Helminth Parasites has been an integral part of the rapid development of this whole field. The Conference started with the first two meetings in Edinburgh in 1997 and 1999, and moved to the island of Hydra, Greece in 2002. Subsequent conferences have been held in Hydra in 2005, 2008, 2010, 2012, and then annually since 2014.. All major areas of helminth ...

Helminth infection may modulate the expression of Toll like receptors (TLR) in dendritic cells (DCs) and modify the responsiveness of DCs to TLR ligands. This may regulate aberrant intestinal inflammation in humans with helminthes and may thus help alleviate inflammation associated with human inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Epidemiological and experimental data provide further evidence that reducing helminth infections increases the incidence rate of such autoimmune diseases. Fine control of inflammation in the TLR pathway is highly desirable for effective host defense. Thus, the use of antagonists of TLR-signaling and agonists of their negative regulators from helminths or helminth products should be considered for the treatment of IBD.

DILI, Timor-Leste, 17 November 2005 - In Timor-Leste, a high proportion of the countrys children are malnourished: More than 40 per cent are below normal weight, and nearly half are stunted in growth. Parasitic worms are one of the reasons why so many Timorese children are suffering from poor health.

In the acute phase of helminth infections are the main manifestations are due to toxic-allergic effect of parasitic worms on the body. In patients with marked fever, skin rash, muscle pain, lymphadenopathy. Often develops abdominal syndrome (dyspepsia, abdominal pain), pulmonary syndrome (dry cough, bronchospasm, shortness of breath), hepatolienal syndrome (enlarged liver and spleen), asthenovegetative syndrome (apathy, fatigue, sleep disturbances, irritability).. In the chronic phase of helminthiasis is dominated by organ-specific lesions caused mainly mechanical traumatization of the place of parasitism of helminths. So, in determining the course of intestinal helminths are dyspepsia and abdominal pain. The malabsorption in the intestine is accompanied by the polyhypovitaminosis, progressive weight loss. Frequent companion of intestinal helminth infections is iron deficiency anemia. When a massive parasitic infestation may rectal prolapse, hemorrhagic colitis, intestinal obstruction.. In the ...

Although mankind has known about intestinal parasites for millennia, it has only been in the last century that scientists have recognized the diseases caused by zoonotic parasites. Soil-transmitted helminths (STHs), including Toxocara canis and Ancylostoma caninum, are an important subset of zoonotic parasites, and they have developed unique characteristics that allow them to infect humans and animals. Overt parasitism is no longer common in many developed nations; however, the subtle and varied symptoms associated with STH infection, along with the lack of experience and interest of the human healthcare industry, mean that many cases of zoonotic infection are missed. These diseases not only affect the health of humans, but they also have poverty-promoting effects. The lack of attention paid to these parasites in recent years has caused the World Health Organization to label them neglected zoonotic diseases. Human culture and individual behaviors are important risk factors for these diseases, ...

In this study, we took a multiomic approach toward investigating the effects of coinfection with soil-transmitted helminths and P. vivax. To our surprise, we found that the gut microbiota communities had a stronger association with malaria infection than with STH infections. We had previously reported, in both cross-sectional (20) and longitudinal (21) studies on the Orang Asli in Malaysia, that T. trichiura infection impacted microbial diversity and the composition of the microbiota in infected individuals. In contrast, the current study found that the microbiota of uninfected and STH-infected individuals are not significantly different (Fig. 4A; see also Fig. S5 in the supplemental material). This suggests that the environment in which the microbiota and STH exist (all the other cofactors, such as the diet, age, lifestyle, and other previous and current infections of the human host) may determine whether or not STH affect the gut microbiota. This could explain why the effects of STH on the gut ...

Two hairworms from Argentina, Gordionus porosus n. sp. and Gordionus ondulatus (Nematomorpha, Gordioidea), are described and illustrated. The cuticle of both species shows only 1 areolar type. Areoles of G. porosus are polygonal and surrounded by minute bristles and the interareolar groove is wide and with large pores. Gordionus ondulatus is characterized by rectangular or irregular areoles from which margins cuticular elongations project as finger-like structures, giving an undulated appearance. Comparing these species to the remaining American species of Gordionus, G. porosus is close to Gordionus violaceus by virtue of the large number of small bristles surrounding the areoles and can be distinguished by the shape of these bristles and by the arrangement and shape of the areoles. Gordionus ondulatus differs from the other species of the genus by its undulating margins. Giordinus lineatus and Giordinus violaceus have been reported in North America, Giordinus platycephalus in North and Central ...

Quantifying the burden of parasitic diseases in relation to other diseases and injuries requires reliable estimates of prevalence for each disease and an analytic framework within which to estimate attributable morbidity and mortality. Here we use data included in the Global Atlas of Helminth Infection to derive new global estimates of numbers infected with intestinal nematodes (soil-transmitted helminths, STH: Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura and the hookworms) and use disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) to estimate disease burden. Prevalence data for 6,091 locations in 118 countries were sourced and used to estimate age-stratified mean prevalence for sub-national administrative units via a combination of model-based geostatistics (for sub-Saharan Africa) and empirical approaches (for all other regions). Geographical variation in infection prevalence within these units was approximated using modelled logit-normal distributions, and numbers of individuals with infection intensities above

Parasite Immunology is a world journal dedicated to research on all aspects of parasite immunology in human and animal hosts. Emphasis has been placed on how hosts control parasites, and therefore the immunopathological reactions which happen within the course of parasitic infections. Extensive research shows that parasitic worms have the power to deactivate certain system cells, resulting in a gentler immune reaction. Often, such a response is useful to both parasite and host, consistent with Professor of Medical Microbiology Graham Rook of University College London. This immune relaxation is incorporated throughout the immune system, decreasing immune responses against harmless allergens, gut flora, and therefore the body itself. In their Parasite Immunology article on worms and viral infections, Dr. Kamal et al. explain why some parasitic worms aggravate the immune reaction. Because parasitic worms often induce Th2 cells and cause suppressed Th1 cells, problems arise when Th1 cells are ...

Implied under the rubric of the hygiene hypothesis is that helminth infection can protect against allergic disease. It is well known that helminths induce processes associated with type 2 immune responses, but they also induce important regulatory responses that can modulate these type 2-associated responses-modulation that influences responses to bystander antigens including allergens. Indeed, most epidemiological studies demonstrate a beneficial effect of helminth infection on atopy, but there are also convincing data to demonstrate that helminth infection can precipitate or worsen allergic inflammation/disease. Reasons for these disparate findings are much debated, but there is a school of thought that suggests that helminth-triggered type 2-associated responses, including IgE to cross-reactive aeroallergens, can offset the regulatory effects imposed by the same organisms. The cross-reactivity among helminths and allergenic tropomyosins dominated the antigen/allergen cross-reactivity field, but

This groundbreaking report allows us to envision a world free of parasitic worm infections. It is a call-to-action to have NTD elimination highlighted as a matter requiring urgent attention in the national agenda. The economic benefits of ending these diseases are profound across all levels of society, and require a locally owned multi-stakeholder approach, said Karen Palacio, Associate Vice President, Programs, The END Fund.. The report suggests that it is necessary for countries and stakeholders to go beyond the continuous treatment of disease and move towards preventing disease through improved sanitation programmes, health education, and data collection. The report also points out the need for governments to own and lead initiatives so that solutions are better tailored to local needs. As part of its analysis for the report, EIU explores the potential economic and social gains of ending parasitic worm infections in Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, and Zimbabwe. Their analysis suggests that meeting ...

Following a recent Cochrane Systematic Review on deworming of school children against soil-transmitted helminthiasis, WHOs Strategic and Technical Advisory Group for Neglected Tropical Diseases (STAG-NTD) has issued a statement regarding the same. The STAG-NTD has reviewed the evidence (including the Cochrane Review) and states that it continues to endorse WHOs recommendation for mass deworming in areas…

This volume covers research on the interaction of major helminth parasites with the immune system. The main focus of the e-book is the ability of helminths to subvert host immune responses, on the one hand. On the other hand, the immunological armamentarium of the host against invading parasites is described also in the light of new findings on innate and adaptive immunity. These include the discovery of a new category of lymphocytes, innate lymphoid cells, and the role of T helper cels such as Th1, Th2 and Th3 cells, T regulatory (Treg) and Th17 cells in helminth diseases and inflammation. The balance between these two T cell subsets during the various stages of helminth diseases is also discussed. The book concludes with a review of new therapeutic approaches to combat helminth parasites (biotherapy, vaccines and natural products). Immunity to Helminths and Novel Therapeutic Approaches provides updated information for medical students, clinicians and researchers in the fields of parasitology, ...

Extra-articular implicarea include anemie, subcutane- e nodulilor poliartrita nodulilorneuropatie, Sjo sindromul lui ̈gren, vascu- litis, boli renale și alte extra-articular caracteristici. Trichostrongylids are helminths of ruminants, located gastro intestinally. Aceasta helminth infection th2 bazează pe presupunerea că Th2 imune bias ar atenua Th1 mediate de răspuns care declanșează boli cum ar fi T1D.

The mammalian immune system encounters an enormous diversity of foreign stimuli, including viruses, bacteria, protozoa, parasitic worms (helminths), and allergenic particles. Determining how these stimuli are sensed and distinguished is fundamental to our understanding of the immune response and accordingly to our therapeutic interventions. The discovery of Toll-like receptors in the 1990s established the paradigm that specific microbial ligands are detected by matching immune receptors. Many ligand-receptor pairs have since been identified, and our understanding of bacterial and viral type 1 detection is quite advanced. By contrast, very little is known about how the immune system first senses helminths and allergens, which give rise to a type 2 immune response. Indeed, it has not even been clear which cells first detect type 2 stimuli, let alone the underlying mechanisms.. We and others recently discovered that the immune response to intestinal helminth infection requires a specialized ...

Helminths aggravate anemia and malnutrition among school children. We studied this association in a cross-sectional study of 6- to 23-month-old Zanzibari children (N = 2322) and a sub-sample of 690 children matched on age and helminth infection status. Ascaris, hookworm, and Trichuris infections were diagnosed along with recent fever, malaria infection, mid-upper arm

Viability of developmental stages of Schistosoma mansoni quantified with xCELLigence worm real-time motility assay (xWORM) Gabriel Rinaldi, Alex Loukas, Paul J. Brindley, Jeff T. Irelan, Michael J. Smout, 2015. Infection with helminth parasites causes morbidity and mortality in billions of people and livestock worldwide. Where anthelmintic drugs are available, drug resistance is a major problem in livestock parasites, and a looming threat to public health. Monitoring the efficacy of these medicines and screening for new drugs has been hindered by the lack of objective, high-throughput approaches. Several cell monitoring technologies have been adapted for parasitic worms, including video-, fluorescence-, metabolism enzyme- and impedance-based tools that minimize the screening bottleneck. Using the xCELLigence impedance-based system we previously developed a motility-viability assay that is applicable for a range of helminth parasites. Here we have improved substantially the assay by using diverse ...

While the effects of deforestation and habitat fragmentation on parasite prevalence or richness are well investigated, host-parasite networks are still understudied despite their importance in understanding the mechanisms of these major disturbances. Because fragmentation may negatively impact species occupancy, abundance and co-occurrence, we predict a link between spatiotemporal changes in habitat and the architecture of host-parasite networks. For this, we used an extensive data set on 16 rodent species and 29 helminth species from seven localities of South-East Asia. We analysed the effects of rapid deforestation on connectance and modularity of helminth-parasite networks. We estimated both the degree of fragmentation and the rate of deforestation through the development of land uses and their changes through the last 20 to 30 years in order to take into account the dynamics of habitat fragmentation in our statistical analyses. We found that rapid fragmentation does not affect helminth ...

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Do You Have Symptoms Of A Parasite Infection? , Just In Health. Careful sanitation and use of peeled foods and bottled water are preventive.In recent studies, placental sampling was more sensitive than maternal blood for detecting maternal infection, and more accurate in predicting fetal morbidity.Bubonic plague is the most common form; symptoms include sudden onset of high fever, chills, headache, malaise, and swollen lymph nodes.if u are still virgin then make a suitable bf and enjoy with him.Parasites also infect animals, plants and other life forms.Whether you have a little money or a lot, youd probably like to have more to feather your nest.. Finally, if you are experiencing movements in your stomach, it is probably just gas or something else rather than parasites.Este es el nombre que otorgaron al genocidio sistemático de la población judía europea durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial.. You will see them pass in your feces.South Florida.. Intestinal parasites dig in and fix themselves to ...

The new findings, published in PLOS Computational Biology, help demonstrate the evolutionary basis for allergy.. The study was led by Dr Nicholas Furnham from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, with colleagues from the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), the University of Cambridge, the University of Edinburgh and the Ugandan Ministry of Health.. The findings support the hypothesis that allergic reactions are a flawed antibody response towards harmless environmental allergens.. It is thought that part of our immune system has evolved to combat and provide immunity against infection by parasitic worms. However, in the absence of parasitic infection, this same arm of the immune system can become hyper-responsive and mistakenly target allergenic proteins in food or the environment. This results in an unregulated allergic response, which can sometimes be lethal.. The researchers used computational techniques to predict which proteins in parasitic worms would cause an immune ...

Parasitic worms infect billions of people worldwide. Current treatments rely on a small group of drugs that have been used for decades. A shortcoming of these drugs is their inability to target the intractable infectious stage of the parasite. As well-known therapeutic targets in mammals, nuclear receptors have begun to be studied in parasitic worms, where they are widely distributed and play key roles in governing metabolic and developmental transcriptional networks. One such nuclear receptor is DAF-12, which is required for normal nematode development, including the all-important infectious stage. Here we review the emerging literature that implicates DAF-12 and potentially other nuclear receptors as novel anthelmintic targets.. ...

Interleukin 25 (IL-25) is a major alarmin cytokine, capable of initiating and amplifying the type 2 immune response to helminth parasites. However its role in the later effector phase of clearing chronic infection remains unclear. The helminth Heligmosomoides polygyrus establishes long-term infections in susceptible C57BL/6 mice, but is slowly expelled in BALB/c mice from day 14 onwards. We noted that IL-25R (Il17rb)-deficient BALB/c mice were unable to expel parasites despite type 2 immune activation comparable to the wild-type. We then established that in C57BL/6 mice, IL-25 adminstered late in infection (days 14-17) drove immunity. Moreover when IL-25 and IL-4 were delivered to Rag1-deficient mice, the combination resulted in near complete expulsion of the parasite, even following administration of an anti-CD90 antibody to deplete innate lymphoid cells (ILCs). Hence, effective anti-helminth immunity during chronic infection requires an innate effector cell population that is synergistically ...

Researchers find that roundworm infection leads to shorter birth intervals among Tsimane women, allowing them to have an additional two children on average compared to non-infected Tsimane women.

Earthworms have long been cultivated, its usefulness is quite astonishing, ie for medicine and beauty supplements. Indeed, for many people, earthworms are animals that sed * j * kkan. However, behind him a long and slimy that many store benefits. Earthworms generally known as inverting the soil, bird food, and used as bait for fishing. It turns out that the worm is also useful in the medical and health. Here are the benefits of earthworms for health and medicine drug typhus Earthworms were cleaned can inhibit the growth of salmonella bacteria, which normally interfere with the human digestive thyphosa. Patients can consume earthworms boiled or worm capsule powder with honey. Treatment of Typhoid using earthworms apparently recognized by pharmacologists. Diarrhea drug Outbreaks of diarrheal diseases often occur in the community. Well, earthworms become one of the traditional medicine that can be used to cure diarrhea. Earthworms are antibacterial against Escherichia coli and Shigella causes ...

Ascaris - Buna ziuaam facut din proprie initiativa Ascaris IgG si a iesit pozitiv 0,am urmat cu decaris si ma aflu in acelasi stadiu - ameteli dureri de capfrisoane uneori febradiaree. Giardia intestinalis a fost identificată la mai multe specii de animale, la ovine izolân. Echinococul alveolar este un helminth care afectează țesutul și celulele hepatice.

from Medical Xpress Schistosomes, small parasitic flatworms that have infected hundreds of millions of people in developing nations, cause chronic illness that damages organs and impairs development in children. The effects of the disease can last decades, leading Mostafa Zamanian, a postdoctoral scholar in the Iowa

Allassostomoides parvus metacercariae on the shells of Planorbella trivolvis snails and on the skin of a plains leopard frog, Rana blairi. Phyas gyrina snail removed from the stomach of a bullfrog showing scars on shell from A. parvus metacercariae. ...

Life cycle stages of Glypthelmins pennsylvaniensis. A. Egg with miricidium. B. Hatched eggs. Note operculum. C. Sporocyst. D. Cercaria. E. Cercaria penetrating the tail of a Pseudacris triseriata tadpole. F. Two cercariae migrating in the tissue of the tail of a tadpole of P. triseriata. G. Formed metacercaria in the tail of a tadpole of P. triseriata. H. Twelve day old metacercaria from the tissue of a P. triseriata tadpole. I. Cercaria attached to a tadpole of Rana blairi. J. Close up of J. K. Metacercaria in the tail of a R. blairi tadpole. L. Cercaria penetrating the tail of Bufo woodhousii tadpole. ...

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My research revolves around trying to answer this question: How can fundamental studies of developmental biology & gene regulation guide our search for next generation anthelmintic solutions?. Parasitic worms cause some of the most disfiguring, debilitating & chronic infectious diseases of human & animal populations across the globe. Reliance on limited drug classes to treat affected individuals & the lack of available vaccines to induce protective immunity suggests that current experimental approaches in identifying urgently needed anthelmintics have yet to deliver sustainable solutions.. Utilising both hypothesis-led & discovery driven research approaches my laboratory is developing new strategies for controlling parasitic helminths of biomedical importance. Our area of expertise is Schistosoma mansoni, one of the three main trematode species responsible for the neglected tropical disease Schistosomiasis. More than 200 million people suffer from this chronic & debilitating disease, with 90% of ...

Polarization of macrophages to M1 or M2 cells is important for mounting responses against bacterial and helminth infections, respectively. Jumonji domain containing-3 (Jmjd3), a histone 3 Lys27 (H3K27) demethylase, has been implicated in the activation of macrophages. Here we show that Jmjd3 is esse …

Soil-transmitted helminthiases (STH) are among the most common neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Worldwide, it is estimated that 880 million children across 102 countries need treatment for these parasites. To eliminate morbidity from STH, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends the periodical large-scale treatment of children in endemic areas.. Since 2010, this public health approach - also called preventive chemotherapy (PC) - has been implemented and scaled up to impressive numbers. In 2018, more than 500 million children received medicine for STH.. This progress is being made possible thanks to an innovative public-private partnership, resulting in the largest medicine donation in history and tireless efforts by program managers, teachers and volunteers who support the implementation of annual targeted treatment of children at risk of STH.. In a new paper published in Infectious Diseases of Poverty, we show how sustaining preventive chemotherapy for at least 5 consecutive years ...

Infections with parasitic worms have the potential to suppress allergic and inflammatory immune responses (27, 28). Our study provides evidence that such an effect can be exerted by a single immunomodulatory protein of a parasitic nematode, filarial cystatin (Av17). Application of cystatin in a murine model of OVA-induced airway inflammation and hyperreactivity during or even after allergen sensitization counteracted the Th2 effector mechanisms responsible for allergic airway disease in several ways. First, cystatin treatment significantly reduced the recruitment of inflammatory cells, particularly eosinophils, into the lungs, preventing the release of effector molecules that lead to tissue damage (29, 30). Second, cystatin lowered the production of allergen-specific and total IgE, resulting in less efficient sensitization of mast cells and basophils (31), as determined by decreased degranulation of basophils sensitized with sera of cystatin/OVA-treated mice (unpublished observation). Third, ...

This extensive compendium of medical and vertinary helminthology is the first adequate manual of its kind to be published in any language since the work of Professor A. Railliet in 1895 and will be welcomed by all workers in this dual field, because it is comprehensive, up-to-date and authoritative. It is dedicated to Professor Raphael Blanchard (1857-1919), the distinguished medical helminthologist, and to Professor Alcide Railliet (1852-1930), the equally distinguished veterinary helminthologist. The volume is divided into four parts: (1) general helminthology, (2) special helminthology, (3) definitive hosts of helminths and (4) intermediate hosts of helminths. Part I (pp. 1-76) includes a general consideration of parasitic worms; their adaptations to a parasitic existence; their evolution; their host relations, methods by which definitive hosts become infected, migration through the hosts' tissues, the tissue reactions provoked and their effects on both the host and the parasite; technics

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INTRODUCTION: different brands Albendazole are commercially available and the efficacious brand/s is/are required for effective control of STHs infection. Thus, this study is aimed at determining the therapeutic efficacy of different brands of albendazole against soil transmitted helminths among school children of Jimma town. METHODS: a cross sectional survey for prevalence of geohelminths and a randomized trial for efficacy study of different brands of albendazole was conducted among students Mendera Elementary School from March 29 to April 29, 2010. Positive subjects were randomized into three treatment arms using lottery method. The collected stool samples were examined by the McMaster method. CRs were calculated using SPSS windows version 16 and ERRs were calculated using appropriate formula. RESULTS: of the 715 school children who had their stools examined, 326 were positive for STHs with a prevalence rate of 45.6%. The cure rates (CR) for A. lumbricoides, T. trichiura and Hookworm were 99.4, 59.9

An infection by a parasitic worm (a helminth), which can be in the intestines, under the skin, or in the general area of the gut. From the BioTech Dicti...

Background: The impact of helminth infection on the host immune response to tuberculosis (TB) has been characterized in experimental models but less so in the clinical setting. The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of deworming on the clinical outcome and cell mediated immune response in active TB.. Methods: Newly diagnosed pulmonary TB patients in Gondar, Ethiopia were examined for helminth infection. Helminth-positive TB patients (W+/TB) were randomized to albendazole (400mg X III per os) or placebo. The primary outcome was change in TB-score after 2 months, and secondary outcomes were sputum smear conversion at the 2nd month, and changes in chest x-ray pattern, CD4+ T-cell count, eosinophil count, IgE-levels and immunological responses after 3 months. In a subset of W+/TB, W-/TB patients and healthy controls, flow cytometry and ELISPOT assays were used to characterize the regulatory T-cell population (Tregs) and the frequency of PPD- stimulated IFN-γ, IL-5 and IL-10 ...

CX3CR1GFP/PGRPdsRed reporter mice have previously been used to monitor trafficking of monocytes and neutrophils, respectively. With this new tool, we examined myeloid cell and neutrophil behavior during murine infection with the helminth, Nippostrongylus brasiliensis (Nb). Nb acutely infects the lungs leading to significant infiltration of PGRPdsRed neutrophils and CX3CR1GFP monocytes compared to naïve mice. Using ex vivo time-lapse confocal microscopy, we discovered that Nb infection increased chemotaxis of CX3CR1GFP monocytes and PGRPdsRed neutrophils. Because CX3CR1GFP expression is a loss of function knock-in mutation, we tested the function of CX3CR1 in the immune response to Nb. After inoculation with infective larvae, CX3CR1GFP mice were less susceptible to infection compared to wild-type mice and had lower worm counts and parasite eggs in the feces. Additionally, ATP cell viability assay revealed that worms recovered from reporter mice were less viable than worms isolated from wild-type ...

Helminthes constitute the most widespread parasites affecting man all over the world. In India, the problem of helminthes is a serious one leading to considerable morbidity, mortality and bad economic

Carvalho-Pereira T, Souza FN, Santos LRN, Walker R, Pertile AC, de Oliveira DS, Pedra GG, Minter A, Rodrigues MG, Bahiense TC, Reis MG, Diggle PJ, Ko AI, Childs JE, da Silva EM, Begon M, Costa F: The helminth community of a population of Rattus norvegicus from an urban Brazilian slum and the threat of zoonotic diseases. Parasitology. 2017 Nov 8; 2017 Nov 8. PMID: 29113595 Heylen D, Fonville M, Docters van Leeuwen A, Stroo A, Duisterwinkel M, van Wieren S, Diuk-Wasser M, de Bruin A, Sprong H: Pathogen communities of songbird-derived ticks in Europes low countries. Parasit Vectors. 2017 Oct 18; 2017 Oct 18. PMID: 29047399 Taank V, Dutta S, Dasgupta A, Steeves TK, Fish D, Anderson JF, Sultana H, Neelakanta G: Human rickettsial pathogen modulates arthropod organic anion transporting polypeptide and tryptophan pathway for its survival in ticks. Sci Rep. 2017 Oct 16; 2017 Oct 16. PMID: 29038575 Walter KS, Carpi G, Caccone A, Diuk-Wasser MA: Genomic insights into the ancient spread of Lyme disease ...

Soil-transmitted helminth infections are intimately connected with poverty. Yet, there is a paucity of using socioeconomic proxies in spatially explicit risk profiling. We compiled household-level socioeconomic data pertaining to sanitation, drinking-water, education and nutrition from readily available Demographic and Health Surveys, Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys and World Health Surveys for Cambodia and aggregated the data at village level. We conducted a systematic review to identify parasitological surveys and made every effort possible to extract, georeference and upload the data in the open source Global Neglected Tropical Diseases database. Bayesian geostatistical models were employed to spatially align the village-aggregated socioeconomic predictors with the soil-transmitted helminth infection data. The risk of soil-transmitted helminth infection was predicted at a grid of 1×1km covering Cambodia. Additionally, two separate individual-level spatial analyses were carried out, for ...

Soil-transmitted helminth infections continue to plague large parts of the world with India a significant contributor to the burden of disease [2]. Despite efforts to introduce usage of pit-latrines instead of open defecation, mass deworming program and improvement in water quality and sanitation, STH infections are still prevalent. A conducive climate for its growth, rapid and unplanned urbanization, social practices of open defecation and lack of community education and sanitation are some of the factors, which impedes control of infection in India. India undertook two massive deworming programme, one starting in year 2000 where a single dose of Albendazole and DEC was administered to filarial endemic regions and another in year 2015 covering 241 million children for treatment of STH infections. Although several studies have been published from different regions of India on this topic with the earliest scientific literature dating back as far as 1923 [51], the data on STH infections remains ...

BACKGROUND: In the first part of this study, we investigated the prevalence and associated key factors of soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections among Orang Asli children in rural Malaysia; an alarming high prevalence and five key factors significantly associated with infections were reported. Part 2 of this study aims to evaluate the knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) on STH infections among Orang Asli in Peninsular Malaysia.. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was carried out among 215 households from 13 villages in Lipis district, Pahang, Malaysia. Demographic and socioeconomic information of the participants and their KAP on STH were collected by using a pre-tested questionnaire.. RESULTS: Overall, 61.4% of the participants had prior knowledge about intestinal helminths with a lack of knowledge on the transmission (28.8%), signs and symptoms (29.3%) as well as the prevention (16.3%). Half of the respondents considered STH as harmful, while their practices to prevent infections were ...

The development of endemic diseases such as worm infections that are transmitted through soil is strongly influenced by climatic conditions in tropical Indonesia. The worms included in the Soil Transmitted Helminth are Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura and Hookworm (Necator americanus and Ancylostoma duodenale). Ngagrong is a village in the highlands in Boyolali Regency. The majority of the population works as farmers, especially vegetable farmers. It is suspected that the habit of farmers while working who sometimes do not use personal protective equipment such as gloves and footwear in the form of sandals or shoes that directly contact with the soil and eat food without first washing their hands can give them a risk of worm infection. Intestinal Nematodes of Soil Transmitted Helminth in vegetable farmers In Ngagrong Village, Ampel Subdistrict, Boyolali Regency, Central Java.This research was conducted at the Parasitology Laboratory of the Faculty of Health Sciences, Setia Budi ...

Abstract. Soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) are controlled by regular mass drug administration. Current practice targets school-age children (SAC) preferentially over pre-school age children (PSAC) and treats large areas as having uniform prevalence. We assessed infection prevalence in SAC and PSAC and spatial infection heterogeneity, using a cross-sectional study in two slum villages in Kibera, Nairobi. Nairobi has low reported STH prevalence. The SAC and PSAC were randomly selected from the International Emerging Infections Program's surveillance platform. Data included residence location and three stools tested by Kato-Katz for STHs. Prevalences among 692 analyzable children were any STH: PSAC 40.5%, SAC 40.7%; Ascaris: PSAC 24.1%, SAC 22.7%; Trichuris: PSAC 24.0%, SAC 28.8%; hookworm < 0.1%. The STH infection prevalence ranged from 22% to 71% between sub-village sectors. The PSAC have similar STH prevalences to SAC and should receive deworming. Small areas can contain heterogeneous

Data on the helminths of edible frog Rana esculenta Linnaeus, 1758 (Anura, Amphibia) in Middle-Volga region. - Chikhlaev I.V., Fayzulin A.I., and Zamaletdinov R.I. - Data on the helminths of edible frog (Rana esculenta Linnaeus, 1758) from the Middle-Volga region are resulted for the first time. These data were obtained during dissection of 15 specimens gathered in Tatarstan Republic and the Samara region in 2007 - 2008. The specific composition counts 11 species, namely: Trematoda - 10, Nematoda - 1. Among the helminths the adult trematoda forms transmitting with food (9 species) predominate, which is due to eating water invertebrates and young amphibians. The fraction of the larval forms of helminths (1) and geonematodes not circulating through trophic chains (1) is insignificant. Key words: edible frog, Rana esculenta, helminth, trematoda, nematod. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Chihlayev et. al., 2009.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 309789 ...

How to care for the two species of human helminth used in helminthic therapy: Necator americanus (NA) and Trichuris trichiura (TT/TTO).

Intestinal protozoa are spread by the fecal-oral route, so infections are widespread in areas with inadequate sanitation and water treatment. They are also common in the US in settings where fecal incontinence and poor hygiene prevail, as occur in mental institutions and day care centers. Occasionally, large waterborne outbreaks of intestinal protozoan infection have occurred in the US (eg, the massive waterborne Cryptosporidium outbreak in Milwaukee in 1993). Some GI protozoa are spread sexually, especially with practices involving oral-anal contact, and several protozoan species cause severe opportunistic infections in patients with AIDS ...

In this study altered immune response as measured by total serum IgE level among symptomatic HIV infected patients, asymptomatic HIV positive individuals and healthy controls with and without helminths co-infection and the impact of deworming and/or ART on these immune activation was assessed within defined groups of population from tropical settings of Ethiopia where both HIV and helminths infections are common. Consistent with the earlier suggestions [25-27] that Africans generally present with elevated total serum IgE levels and our previous observations [14-16], patients in this study also showed a high total serum IgE level as shown by more than three-folds of the total IgE above the reference ranges irrespective of HIV and helminths co-infections. The highly significant correlation between helminth egg intensity and serum IgE level may partly explain the elevated total serum IgE levels observed in sub-Saharan regions, where heavy helminthic infections are widespread [14-16, 25-27]. It ...

Performance and Parasitology of Semi-intensively Managed West African Dwarf Sheep Exposed to Gastrointestinal Helminth Infect-ed Paddocks and Varied Protein-energy Feeds

A cartoon that has helped halve parasitic worm infection rates among rural Chinese children has earned a University of Queensland (UQ) researcher a prestigious award. Dr Franziska Bieri, from UQs School of Population Health, has won the Research Australia Discovery Award for developing The Magic Glasses, a cartoon that promotes good hygiene behaviour to children in rural China. Intestinal worms are one of the most wide-spread and disabling chronic infections, affecting nearly a third of the worlds population, Dr Bieri said. This work has the potential to help eliminate infections globally and were continuing to develop the program in collaboration with QIMR Berghofer and colleagues in China, the Philippines and Switzerland. Dr Bieri undertook the project in collaboration with QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute and the Hunan Institute of Parasitic Diseases. The rate of parasitic worm infection in children in the rural province of Hunan halved after the cartoon was shown in ...

The use of helminthic therapy (the intentional infection of a patient with parasitic worms) to treat autoimmune diseases has enjoyed recent popularity for treatment of conditions as diverse as Crohns disease (1) and multiple sclerosis (2) . The jury is still out on its efficacy, however, and the thought of intentionally infecting patients with parasites for therapeutic purposes seems counterintuitive if not downright crazy. Part of the controversy stems from the conflicting reports as to exactly how helminthic therapy works. Some researchers suggest that helminthic therapy works by an evasive maneuver on the part of the parasitic worms to trick the immune system into producing the wrong kind of response, a type 2 cytokine response. (3) The authors of a recent study used helminthic therapy in a mouse model of non-obese diabetes (an autoimmune disorder) in order to attempt an answer to this question, which will be the focus of this blog post. (4 ...

Rifampicin antibiotic is a new anti-wolbachia drug that was found to change the therapeutic approach for parasitic helminth diseases.

A robin flying over a field sees a juicy caterpillar on a leaf. It dives in for a closer look but it notices something strange: this larva is bright red and glowing slightly. Red means danger - this caterpillar is probably toxic and is best avoided. The robin leaves; the caterpillar apparently lives. But this particular caterpillar is already dead, and its corpse has been protected by two unseen and unlikely partners. Its warning colours are not its own - they were painted on by parasites.. The caterpillar has been infected by nematode worms, which burrowed into its mouth, skin or anus. Once inside, they released thousands of glowing bacteria (Photorhabdus luminescens). These will soon kill the caterpillar, breaking down its tissues into a nutritious soup, which the worms will gorge upon. Several generations of worms will live, feed, mate and die in a single dead caterpillar, before bursting forth, ready to infect again with bacteria in tow.. The worms (from the Heterorhabditis group) and the ...

The drugs currently used to treat STH infections as part of mass drug administration campaigns, such as albendazole and mebendazole, are threatened by the rise of resistance. A significant gap in the profile of all of the currently used anthelmintic drugs is that they are contraindicated for women in their first trimester of pregnancy, leaving the mother and her fetus vulnerable to the effects of STH-induced anemia and malnutrition and out of reach of a therapeutic intervention.. Cry5B is a powerful, naturally occurring anthelmintic protein from the soil bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis. It has demonstrated efficacy in animal models, and its safety profile could permit its use in young children and women during their first trimester of pregnancy. There is also evidence that resistance to the protein would be developed more slowly compared to current treatments, which could allow for decades of intensive use.. Supported by the investment from GHIT, the partnerships effort over the next two years ...

Excerpted from ProHealth : (05/19/2016) WASHINGTON, May 19, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- The examination of autopsied brain tissues from patients who died of serious neurological conditions has revealed that many tick-borne infections, such as Lyme disease, go undiagnosed and untreated. Board-certified pathologist, Alan B. MacDonald, MD, says his research shows tick infections are not easily detected with…

Due to the fact that the child is most often exposed to helminth infection, and the study of feces for parasite eggs is not always sufficiently informative, parents are usually recommended that children with suspected disability submit a general blood test andEIA.It is they who with the greatest accuracy will help to define worms in childrens organisms. Most of all, the helminths, such as pinworms and ascarids, affect the change in the indices in this study conducted in children. They can be determined by reduced hemoglobin or elevated white blood cells. Parents should know that it is possible to take a blood test for worms from a child in a private or public laboratory. The prices for this procedure in both institutions are approximately the same and quite low. The only thing that is required is the availability of special equipment that is designed to identify various types of worms in the childs body by blood. Also, remember that the baby should not be fed for 8 hours before the test. He ...

This paper reports the prevalence and intensity of soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections measured in Zimbabwe before and after a control intervention based on annual deworming of school-age children (SAC) conducted from 2012 to 2018. In 2010, epidemiological data were collected from 13 195 SAC in 255 randomly selected schools in all districts nationwide using, as diagnostic methods, the Kato-Katz and the formal ether stool concentration technique. At follow up, conducted in 2017, only Kato-Katz was performed; specimens were collected from 13 352 children in 336 schools. The data were evaluated using a geospatial approach. The national prevalence of STH infection in SAC was estimated at 5.8% at baseline, with 0.8% of infections of moderate and heavy intensity. Preventive chemotherapy (PC) targeted all 2.5 million children of school age enrolled in Zimbabwe, with coverage ranging from 49% to 85%. At follow up, national prevalence of STH in SAC was estimated at 0.8%; infections of moderate and ...

Parasitic helminths infect billions of people, livestock, and companion animals worldwide. Recently, they have been explored as a novel therapeutic modality to treat autoimmune diseases due to their potent immunoregulatory properties. While feeding in the gut/organs/tissues, the parasitic helminths actively release excretory-secretory products (ESP) to modify their environment and promote their survival. The ESP proteins of helminths have been widely studied. However, there are only limited studies characterizing the non-protein small molecule (SM) components of helminth ESP. In this study, using GC-MS and LC-MS, we have investigated the SM ESP of tapeworm Dipylidium caninum (isolated from dogs) which accidentally infects humans via ingestion of infected cat and dog fleas that harbor the larval stage of the parasite. From this D. caninum ESP, we have identified a total of 49 SM (35 polar metabolites and 14 fatty acids) belonging to 12 different chemotaxonomic groups including amino acids, amino ...

Articles The prevalence, intensity and ecological determinants of helminth infection among children in an urban and rural community in Southern Malawi

This study investigates the relationship between helminth infection and allergic sensitization by assessing the influence of preexisting allergy on the outcome of helminth infections, rather than the more traditional approach in which the helminth infection precedes the onset of allergy. Here we used a murine model of house dust mite-induced (HDM-induced) allergic inflammation followed by Ascaris infection to demonstrate that allergic sensitization drives an eosinophil-rich pulmonary type 2 immune response (Th2 cells, M2 macrophages, type 2 innate lymphoid cells, IL-33, IL-4, IL-13, and mucus) that directly hinders larval development and reduces markedly the parasite burden in the lungs. This effect is dependent on the presence of eosinophils, as eosinophil-deficient mice were unable to limit parasite development or numbers. In vivo administration of neutralizing antibodies against CD4 prior to HDM sensitization significantly reduced eosinophils in the lungs, resulting in the reversal of the ...

This study investigates the relationship between helminth infection and allergic sensitization by assessing the influence of preexisting allergy on the outcome of helminth infections, rather than the more traditional approach in which the helminth infection precedes the onset of allergy. Here we used a murine model of house dust mite-induced (HDM-induced) allergic inflammation followed by Ascaris infection to demonstrate that allergic sensitization drives an eosinophil-rich pulmonary type 2 immune response (Th2 cells, M2 macrophages, type 2 innate lymphoid cells, IL-33, IL-4, IL-13, and mucus) that directly hinders larval development and reduces markedly the parasite burden in the lungs. This effect is dependent on the presence of eosinophils, as eosinophil-deficient mice were unable to limit parasite development or numbers. In vivo administration of neutralizing antibodies against CD4 prior to HDM sensitization significantly reduced eosinophils in the lungs, resulting in the reversal of the ...

(2016) Gabrie et al. Journal of Parasitology Research. Soil-transmitted helminth infections typically induce a type-2 immune response (Th2), but no immunoepidemiological studies have been undertaken in Honduras, an endemic country where the main control strategy is childrens annual deworming. We...

Impact of Anthelminthic Treatment in Pregnancy and Childhood on Immunisations, Infections and Eczema in Childhood: A Randomised Controlled Trial http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0050325?imageURI=info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0050325.t002 Background Helminth infections may modulate immune responses to unrelated pathogens and allergens; these effects may commence prenatally. We addressed the hypothesis that anthelminthic treatment in pregnancy and early childhood would improve responses to immunisation and…

Within the context of this section of the book, the term parasite refers to organisms that are physiologically dependent upon their host for survival and belong to the major taxonomic groupings mentioned above: Protozoa, Platyhelminthes and Nemathelminthes. Parasitism, however, denotes a relationship in which one organism, the parasite, usually benefits at the expense of the other, the host. Protozoa are microscopic, single-celled eukaryotes with a membrane-bound nucleus and organelles. Helminths, comprising both Platyhelminthes and Nemathelminthes, in contrast, are macroscopic, multicellular worms possessing differentiated tissues and complex organ systems; they vary in length from more than 1 m to less than 1 mm. The majority of both Protozoa and helminths are free living, play a significant role in the ecology of the planet, and seldom inconvenience the human race. The less common disease-producing species are typically obligate parasites, dependent on vertebrate hosts, arthropod hosts, or ...

Identifying the cellular and molecular requirements for initiating and regulating type 2 immunity and inflammation is essential for the development of new vaccines against helminth parasites and treatments for atopic diseases. CD11c+ dendritic cells (DCs) are critical antigen-presenting cells (APCs) capable of priming and promoting the differentiation of naïve CD4+ T cells. However, the role of DCs in the initiation of Th2 cell differentiation following exposure to helminth parasites and allergens remains unclear. In Chapter 2, we examine the cellular requisites for initiating Th2 cytokine-dependent immunity and inflammation in the gastrointestinal tract utilizing infection with the helminth Trichuris muris. By genetic restriction of MHC class II expression to CD11c+ DCs we demonstrate that, in contrast to Th1-cytokine-mediated immunity, antigen presentation by CD11c+ cells is insufficient to generate protective type 2 immune responses in vivo, suggesting additional non-DC APC interactions may be

It is important to understand that while most parasites have a life cycle that involves the gut of their host, many of them travel outside of this into other areas of the body.. 1) Constipation. Some parasitic worms are actually large enough to physically block the passage of nutrients and waste at certain points in the digestive system. Severe parasitic infections in the bile ducts of the gall bladder or liver or in the intestines can make bowel movements difficult, leading to worsened symptoms of constipation.. 2) Diarrhoea. Another common symptom of parasites is the development of diarrhoea, or frequent, loose, watery stools. Many parasites produce a prostaglandin that leads to a sodium and chloride loss in the body. This in turn can cause diarrhoea and is especially true in the case of protozoan infections. Protozoa are easily tested for and any case of severe diarrhoea should be investigated with the correct testing.. 3) Gas and Bloating. Parasites that live in the upper small intestines ...

Last updated: 23rd December, 2019 Albendazole is an anti-helmintic /anti-worm drug available in tablet form and it is prescribed for the treatment of parasitic worm infections. Get to know how Albendazole works, indications and contraindications, its side effects and precautions to be taken while using it. Overview Albendazole medication can be used in the prevention, control, and […] ...

Buy Wormicare Oral Suspension, packing:bottle of 10 ml Oral Suspension, manufacturer : Azine Healthcare Pvt Ltd, Wormicare Oral Suspension is used in the treatment of parasitic worm infections.

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Parasitology traditionally has included the study of three major groups of animals: parasitic protozoa, parasitic helminths (worms), and those arthropods that directly cause disease or act as vectors of various pathogens. A parasite is a pathogen that simultaneously injures and derives sustenance from its host. Some organisms called parasites are actually commensals, in that they neither benefit nor harm their host (for example, Entamoeba coli). Although parasitology had its origins in the zoologic sciences, it is today an interdisciplinary field, greatly influenced by microbiology, immunology, biochemistry, and other life sciences.A misconception about parasitic infections/worms is that they occur only in tropical areas ...

Gastrointestinal worm infections (GWI) constrain pig production and zoonotic pig parasites make pork unsafe for human consumption. This study determined the distributions, determinants and dynamics of GWI and also the effect of the infection on production parameters in pigs reared in Enugu Sta...

Pathology of Infectious Diseases Vol.I: Helminthiases: Helminthiases is the first volume of the long-awaited update to Pathology of Tropical and Extraordinary Disease. This book provides the most comprehensive description and illustration of the morphology and life cycles of helminths, and the history, clinical features, histopathology, diagnosis, and ...

Albendazole, 0.1 ml. Albendazole, methyl N-(6-propylsulfanyl-1H-benzimidazol-2-yl)carbamate, is a benzimidazole broad-spectrum anthelmintic effective against many diseases caused by parasitic worms.

The wriggly worms your furry friend can contract could actually pose a threat to you as a pet-owner. Roundworm, hookworm and tapeworm including hydatid and flea tapeworm, are the main parasitic worms our pets are susceptible to and they do pose a zoonotic risk - the potential for the disease to be transferred from animal to human. Children are especially at risk of becoming infected, because they are more likely to be exposed to, or accidently ingest contaminated soil or animal faeces. Zoonosis is serious, as these worms wish to live inside a cat or dogs stomach, so if they are accidently consumed and develop inside the human body; the health implications for a person are shocking. Roundworm larvae for example, will hatch in the intestine before migrating upwards through abdominal organs, damaging the lungs, sometimes even reaching the brain and causing blindness. Hydatid tapeworm embryos travel through your bloodstream, causing cysts to form inside organs such as your liver or kidneys. These ...

A new study offers hope to people who suffer from celiac disease and a way to reduce symptoms. Researchers at James Cook University have discovered that hookworms can help patients tolerate gluten. The proteins secreted by the parasitic worms may offer an important key to fighting inflammation and several disorders.

Routine deworming during antenatal care decreases risk of neonatal mortality and low birthweight: a retrospective cohort of survey data (to hyperlink) authored by Syracuse University, the World Health Organization (WHO) and SUNY Upstate is published in the journal, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases.. The researchers matched births on the probability of receiving deworming during pregnancy. They then modelled birth outcomes with the matched group to estimate the effect of deworming during antenatal care after accounting for various risk factors. They also tested for effect modification of soil-transmitted helminth prevalence on the impact of deworming during antenatal care.. Intestinal worms impact the health of women and girls of reproductive age and this study supports the fact that treating pregnant women can be beneficial, said Dr Antonio Montresor, Medical Officer, WHO Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases. WHO has long recommended the deworming women of reproductive age ...

The voltage-gated potassium (Kv) 1.3 channel is widely regarded as a therapeutic target for immunomodulation in autoimmune diseases. ShK-186, a selectiveinhibitor of Kv1.3 channels, ameliorates autoimmune diseases in rodent models,and human phase 1 trials of this agent in healthy volunteers have been completed.In this study, we identified and characterized a large family of Stichodactylahelianthus toxin (ShK)-related peptides in parasitic worms. Based on phylogeneticanalysis, 2 worm peptides were selected for study: AcK1, a 51-residue peptideexpressed in the anterior secretory glands of the dog-infecting hookwormAncylostoma caninum and the human-infecting hookworm Ancylostoma ceylanicum, and BmK1, the C-terminal domain of a metalloprotease from the filarial worm Brugiamalayi. These peptides in solution adopt helical structures closely resemblingthat of ShK. At doses in the nanomolar-micromolar range, they block native Kv1.3 in human T cells and cloned Kv1.3 stably expressed in L929 mouse ...

Schistosomiasis also known as snail fever is a parasitic disease caused by the parasitic worm of the genus Schistosoma. An adult male and female are seen here. - Stock Image C020/4242

WASHINGTON, DC - July 23, 2013 -- A benign crystal protein, produced naturally by bacteria and used as an organic pesticide, could be a safe, inexpensive treatment for parasitic worms in humans and provide effective relief to over a billion people around the world. Researchers from the University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, report on this potentially promising solution in a study published ahead of print in the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

A study of how the body expels parasitic worms has led to a surprising new discovery about the immune system that could help in the treatment of bowel cancer. Scientists investigating whipworms, parasites that infect one-fifth of the worlds population as well as livestock and domestic animals, have discovered a new way that the body effectively eliminates the parasites. The University of Manchester research, published in the US journal Science, found the reason why some hosts were able to expel the worms naturally without the need for treatment. This is a completely new way in which the immune system controls disease and may lead scientists to look at new ideas in the treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases and even bowel cancer, said Dr Laura Cliffe in the Faculty of Life Sciences, who carried out the research. During our investigations we discovered that the immune system does more than what it currently says in the text books it controls other physiological systems. The body ...

Schistosomiasis, also known as bilharzia, is a disease caused by parasitic worms. It is prevalent in tropical and subtropical areas, especially in poo..

Schistosomiasis, also known as bilharzia, is a disease caused by parasitic worms. It is prevalent in tropical and subtropical areas, especially in poo..

Schistosoma flatworm, coloured environmental scanning electron micrograph (ESEM). This parasitic worm causes the disease bilharzia (schistosomiasis). It has two cup-like structures on its head. The oral cup (top) is at On the underside of the head is the ventral fastener (pink) used to attach to its host. This parasite is found in the blood vessels around the bladder. - Stock Image C021/9500

A parasitic worm that preys on grasshoppers uses a chemical cocktail to brainwash its victims into committing suicide, scientists say.

Schistosomiasis (Bilharzia) is the second most lethal parasitic worm disease, infecting approximately 207 million people and causing 280,000 deaths annually worldwide. Thanks to generous donations from Mort and Chris Hyman and Mr. Len Blavatnik, trustee at the Blavatnik Charitable Foundation, the Schistosomiasis Vaccine Program is becoming a reality. ...