Billions worldwide are infected with tropical worms. Unsurprisingly, most of these people live in poor countries, kept poor by the effects of worm-related malnourishment.
Nematodes are the most abundant animals on earth1. At least a third of the human population is infected with a nematode at any given time2. Phylogenetic analyses have resolved nematode species into five broad clades with parasitic representatives in each3,4. Nematodes can be free-living, likeCa...
Parasitic worm infestationsMany species of worm are parasitic and have humans as their hosts.In developing countries worm infestations are a major problem and can result in growth deficiencies in children,deformities and blindness,and organ damage.The Pharmaceutical Journal Group...
philippinensis, is the most sig- nificant disease, which exhibits a higher prevalence in humans when compared to other Capillaria species. Furthermore, human trichuriasis is an intestinal hel- minthic infection, widespread globally, and attributed to the whipworm parasite Trichuris trichiura ...
Parasitic nematodes, particularly the pig whipworm, Trichuris suis, and the human hookworm, Necator americanus, are being used to treat humanautoimmune disease. Currently, these "treatments" are only available through research projects or as unregistered treatments. Eggs of whipworms for the treatment...
Around 25-30% of humans are currently infected with at least one parasitic worm species. The diseases they cause can be devastating. Worm infections can lead to diverse and chronic conditions such as scarring of the eyes and blindness, swelling of extremities and immobility, blockage of digestion...
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Few drugs are available to treat worm infections. Repeated mass administration of monotherapies is increasing the risk of resistance to human anthelmintics4 and has driven widespread resistance in farm animals5. There are no vaccines for humans, and few for animals6. The commonly used nematicides...
Results Here we propose that candidate susceptibility genes for parasitic worm infections can be identified by searching for SNPs that display a strong correlation with the diversity of helminth species/genera transmitted in different geographic areas. By a genome-wide search we identified 3478 variants...
Which of the following is not a correct pair? a) protonephridia; flatworm b) metanephridia; annelid c) flame cell; flatworm d) Malpighian tubule; mollusk e) kidney; vertebrate Which of the following structures are found only in vertebrates? a. eyes and chelicer...