BACKGROUND The impact of intestinal helminth infection on the clinical presentation and immune response during active tuberculosis (TB) infection is not well characterized. Our aim was to investigate whether asymptomatic intestinal helminth infection alters the clinical signs and symptoms as well as the cell mediated immune responses in patients with active TB. METHODOLOGY Consecutive, newly ...

Patterns in helminth community structure can suggest that various processes are acting to shape parasite communities into organised, nonrandom assemblages of species. It is not clear, however, whether a pattern observed in one host population at one time would be observed again at another time, or at the same time in a different but comparable host population. Here, we test the repeatability of...

Parasitic helminth infections can be associated with lifelong morbidity such as immune-mediated organ failure. A better understanding of the host immune response to helminths could provide new avenues to promote parasite clearance and/or alleviate infection-associated morbidity. Murine resistin-like molecules (RELM) exhibit pleiotropic functions following helminth infection including modulating...

background: to find out different species of helminthes and blood/tissue pro-tozoan parasites of stray dogs and their potential role for transmission of zoonotic species to human in mashhad, khorasan razavi province, northeast iran, during 2008-2009. methods: totally, 100 stray dogs were selected among mashhad municipal collec-tion from different sites of the city. internal organs were examined...

Lingkungan lahan basah erat kaitanya dengan sanitasi lingkungan. Penyakit malaria, demam kuning, berdarah, filariasis, encephalitia, dan infeksi Soil Transmitted Helminth dapat terjadi di lingkungan basah. Infeksi soil transmitted helminth merupakan penyakit terkait dimana 24% dari populasi penduduk dunia terinfeksi. Prevalensi Indonesia berada rentang 2,5%-62% terutama pada golongan kurang mam...

Toxocariasis is a zoonotic helminth infection secondary to the infestation of humans by larvae Toxocara sp. These are nematodes

Increasing reuse of reclaimed water for unrestricted agricultural and landscape irrigation is raising considerable concern for human health protection due to the potential spread and contact with human parasites and pathogens. Parasites pose a significant public health concern and the removal of helminth eggs is becoming a crucial treatment step when providing safe reclaimed water. Although lab...

Mathematical modelling of helminth infections has the potential to inform policy and guide research for the control and elimination of human helminthiases. However, this potential, unlike in other parasitic and infectious diseases, has yet to be realised. To place contemporary efforts in a historical context, a summary of the development of mathematical models for helminthiases is presented. Th...

Background: In Addis Ababa, where irrigation water for vegetable production is commonly derived from the highly polluted Akaki river, information on microbial contamination of water and irrigated vegetable is scanty. An assessment was done to determine the microbiological quality of irrigation water and lettuce harvested from 10 urban farming sites of Addis Ababa. The efficacy of 5 lettuce wash...