With the COVID-19 pandemic now ongoing for close to a year, people all over the world are
still waiting for a vaccine to become available. The initial focus of accelerated global …

Hookworm infection is a major public health problem that threatens about 500 million people
throughout tropical areas of the world. Adult hookworms survive for many years in the host …

Helminth diseases are the ancient scourges of humans and their damages are 'silent and
insidious'. Of the helminth infections, schistosomiasis and hookworm infection have a great …

The growing preference for incorporating microbial aspartic proteases in industries is due to
their high catalytic function and high degree of substrate selectivity. These properties …

Background Hookworms cause substantial morbidity in children and women of reproductive
age. The control strategy of mass drug administration is suboptimal, hence the need for a …

Hookworm, a parasitic infection, retains a considerable burden of disease, affecting the most
underprivileged segments of the general population in endemic countries and remains one …

Helminth infections are the most common afflictions of humankind, affecting almost every
single person living in profound poverty. Through mass drug administration (MDA) we have …

Approximately 0.4 billion individuals worldwide are infected with hookworm. An effective
vaccine is needed to not only improve the health of those affected and at high risk, but also …

We present evidence that the dog hookworm (Ancylostoma caninum) is underutilised in the
study of host-parasite interactions, particularly as a proxy for the human-hookworm …

Background Although mass drug administration (MDA) has helped reduce morbidity
attributed to soil-transmitted helminth infections in children, its limitations for hookworm …