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Evaluation of Wolbachia depletion after antibiotic treatment using real-time PCR in Onchocerciasis and Lymphatic Filariasis, and analysis of genetic associations in Lymphatic Filariasis
(2011-11-15)
Two of the major filarial infections, onchocerciasis and LF, affect > 150 million people. Currently, control programs use yearly mass application of drugs that mainly kill microfilaria (Mf) with the aim to prevent uptake ...
Immune Regulation in Human Filariasis
(2013-03-14)
Vector transmitted diseases such as the tropical helminth infections onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis (LF) affect more than 150 million people worldwide and are both considered major public health concerns. In order ...
Pattern Recognition Receptor and Vaccination Studies in the Murine Model of Lymphatic Filariasis
(2013-03-06)
Lymphatic filariasis is a parasitic helminth infection that affects approximately 120 million people. About one third of the infected individuals develop pathological manifestations, e.g. lymphedema. Causative agents of ......
The immunomodulatory capacity of helminths on inflammation: Impact of eosinophils on E. coli-induced sepsis and genome-wide transcriptome profiling of human monocytes stimulated with helminth extract and LPS implicate immune functions and diseases
(2017-10-19)
Human filarial nematode infections cause lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis in more than 150 million people worldwide. An infection can result in debilitating clinical manifestations like visual impairment or lymphedema ......