Background Malaria and helminths share the same geographical distribution in tropical Africa. Studies of the interaction of helminth and malaria co-infection in humans have been few and are mainly epidemiological, with little information on cellular immune responses. This study aimed to determine Cytokine profiles among patients co-infected with Plasmodium falciparum malaria and soil borne helm...

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background: slugs have been known worldwide as important pests of agricultural and horticultural production. they also play a role as intermediate or definitive hosts of helminths parasite. in this purpose, current study was carried out to examine slug radular teeth structure and slug infection with helminths larvae in north of iran. methods: a total number of 114 slugs were collected from cent...

Untreated tropical parasitic co-infections appear to speed the progression of HIV-1 disease. However, to date, there have been few studies conducted in resource limited settings to ascertain the interaction of parasitic co-infection where HIV/AIDS management largely depends on CD4+ T lymphocyte cells counts and WHO clinical staging. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of parasites, the...

The Russian Arctic supports wild sympatric ruminants and their data-deficient helminths. In this study, we: (1) collected fecal samples of semiwild reindeer (Rangifer tarandus), muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus), snow sheep (Ovis nivicola) across Palearctic North territories: Arkhangelsk Oblast (including Novaya Zemlya archipelago), Karelia Sakha Republics, Kola, Yamal, Taimyr, Chukotka Peninsulas, B...