Malnutrition and parasitic helminth infections

LS Stephenson, MC Latham, EA Ottesen - Parasitology, 2000 - cambridge.org
… for these infections. Additional support for the importance of helminth infections in preschool-…
These studies show clearly that hookworm infection in preschoolers can cause or aggravate …

Immunology of parasitic helminth infections

AS MacDonald, MI Araujo, EJ Pearce - Infection and immunity, 2002 - Am Soc Microbiol
… of several mouse models of helminth infection to experimental analysis, the suitability of
helminth infections for studying the immunobiology of chronic infection and of Th2 response …

Parasitic helminth infection and cognitive function in school children

C Nokes, SM Grantham-McGregor… - … of the Royal …, 1992 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The study examines the effect of moderate to high worm burdens of Trichuris trichiura infection
on the cognitive functions of 159 school children (age 9–12 years) in Jamaica, using a …

[HTML][HTML] Helminth infections and intestinal inflammation

LJ Wang, Y Cao, HN Shi - World journal of gastroenterology: WJG, 2008 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… Although effective preventive and therapeutic measures have been developed for most
parasitic worms, helminth infections are still very common in the developing world today. It has …

[HTML][HTML] Parasitic helminth infections and the control of human allergic and autoimmune disorders

RM Maizels - Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2016 - Elsevier
… is highly polymorphic and reacts to helminth infection in a spectral manner. Because
parasitism is on balance detrimental, administration of live helminths is itself a balancing act, …

Protective immune mechanisms in helminth infection

RM Anthony, LI Rutitzky, JF Urban Jr… - Nature Reviews …, 2007 - nature.com
parasitic helminths with some emphasis on studies in mice infected with the intestinal
nematode parasite Heligmosomoides polygyrus and the trematode parasite Schistosoma mansoni …

Helminth infections: the great neglected tropical diseases

PJ Hotez, PJ Brindley, JM Bethony… - The Journal of …, 2008 - Am Soc Clin Investig
… for drugs targeting human helminth infections and partly reflects how remarkably little we
know about the unique biochemical metabolism of parasitic worms and the mechanisms by …

Initial assessment of the economic burden of major parasitic helminth infections to the ruminant livestock industry in Europe

J Charlier, L Rinaldi, V Musella, HW Ploeger… - Preventive Veterinary …, 2020 - Elsevier
parasitic diseases. Our data suggest that the costs of enzootic helminth infections which …
to mitigate the negative impacts of helminth infections and anthelmintic resistance in Europe…

Helminth infections and host immune regulation

HJ McSorley, RM Maizels - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2012 - Am Soc Microbiol
… population is infected with helminth parasites, … Helminth Infection, many helminth infections
can drive an antigen-specific anergic state, but suppression is not confined solely to parasite-…

The role of eosinophils in parasitic helminth infections: insights from genetically modified mice

CA Behm, KS Ovington - Parasitology Today, 2000 - cell.com
… a distinctive feature of helminth infections in mammals. Yet … function is protection against
parasites, although there is little … lesions associated with helminth infections or allergic conditions…