BACKGROUND Although many experimental studies provide convincing evidence that type II immunity is protective against helminths, recent data in mice demonstrate that Th1 is also important in some cestodes like Hymenolepis nana. OBJECTIVES To identify the role of Th1 and Th2 lymphocytes in immunity against H. nana, the levels of IL-12, IFNgamma, IL-5, and IL-13 were determined in serum of huma...

International Journal of Dermatology 2004, 43 , 357–359 357 A 56-year-old man presented with a recurrent cutaneous eruption of the trunk, associated with itching, which had lasted for several months. Antihistamines, such as cetirizine, loratadine, and fexofenadine, and topical steroids had been used with only temporary relief. Recently, the cutaneous manifestations had become continuous and ver...

the water extract of trigonella foenum graecum stem and leaves was tested for lethal activity against hymenolepis nana, syphacia obvelata, and moniezia expansa. the plant extract demonstrated good anthelmintic activity in vitro which is directly related to the concentration of the extract used. the extract also prevents the formation of ascaris larvae from the eggs of ascaris lumbrico- ides (hu...

Bu çalışmada, nane yetiştiriciliğinde önemli hastalıklara sebep olan fungal patojenlerden Fusarium oxysporum ve Rhizoctonia solani' ye karşı Trichoderma harzianum virens biyolojik kontrol etmenlerinin etkisi araştırılmıştır. aşamada solgunluk belirtisi gösteren bitkilerinin köklerinden yapılan izolasyonlar sonucunda F. R. solani izolatları elde edilmiş tanıları yapılmıştır. In vivo’da T. biyoet...

One trematode, Echinostoma macrorchis, 2 cestodes, Hymenolepis diminuta and Choanotaenia spasskii and 5 nematodes, Parastrongyloides winchesi, Tricholinstowia talpae, Heterakis spumosa, Trichuris sp. and Capillaria soricis were obtained from 129 Mogera wogura, 233 M. kobeae and 28 M. tokudae, which were collected from almost all over Japan. All present cases were new host and locality records. ...