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The International Journal for Parasitology is an international medical journal published for the Australian Society for Parasitology by Elsevier. The journal includes original research articles, reviews, and commentary relating to parasites and their host interactions.
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In the journal Parasite Immunology, Kamal et al. explains that parasitic worms often weaken the immune system's ability to effectively respond to a vaccine because such worms induce a Th2-based immune response that is less responsive than normal to antigens. [20]
Hookworms are intestinal, blood-feeding, parasitic roundworms that cause types of infection known as helminthiases. Hookworm infection is found in many parts of the world, [1] and is common in areas with poor access to adequate water, sanitation, and hygiene.
Hymenolepis microstoma is an obligate parasite.Adults live in the bile duct and small intestine of rodents such as mice (Mus musculus), and larvae infect grain beetles such as Tribolium spp., in which they metamorphose from larvae into juvenile worms. [3]
A Trypanosomiasis vaccine is a vaccine against trypanosomiasis.No effective vaccine currently exists, but development of a vaccine is the subject of current research. The Gates Foundation has been involved in funding research conducted by the Sabin Vaccine Institute and others.
Trypanosoma antiquus is an extinct species of kinetoplastid (class Kinetoplastida), a monophyletic [1] group of unicellular parasitic flagellate protozoa.. The genus name is derived from the Greek trypano (borer) and soma (body) because of their corkscrew-like motion, and the species name from antiquua (old) reflecting the age of the specimen. [2]
The majority of genera in this group have fish as their definitive hosts, but the most important family of pseudophyllid cestodes is Diphyllobothriidae, which infect mammals, birds and reptiles as their definitive hosts and use either copepods (a group of small crustaceans found in the sea and nearly every freshwater habitat, e.g. Spirometra ...