This article is part of a Special Issue “Neuroendocrine-Immune Axis in Health and Disease.”
During pregnancy, it is evolutionarily advantageous for inflammatory immune responses that …

Parasitic infections in wildlife are shaped by host‐related traits including individual
reproductive condition. It has been argued that female primates are more susceptible to …

Filarial nematode infections are common in primates, but have received little attention in the
Neotropics. Epidemiological data on filarial infections in primates are still too sparse to fully …

The aim: To study the epidemiological situation of ascariasis among women with pathology
of the reproductive system on the basis of a literature database (PubMed, Medline, Google …

Parasite transmission is determined by the rate of contact between a susceptible host and
an infective stage and susceptibility to infection given an exposure event. Attempts to …

Patterns of parasite infection in human and animal populations are influenced by factors
associated with host sex, age, and reproductive condition (Wilson et al., 2002). For example …