000 deaths annually in the world2. This disease is caused by the Apicomplexa parasite of the genusPlasmodium, and is transmitted to humans by an infective bite ofAnophelesmosquitoes. Most of
in his monograph titledNoxious Emanations of Swamps and Their Cure, he echoed the view that malaria was due to minute “bugs” or “worms” which entered the blood; revived the
Known mature miRNAs presented a heterogeneous qualitative distribution in adult tissues (Fig.2). For instance, known miRNAs were almost one quarter more diverse in male and female brain samples than in gonad samples (Fig.2A). In embryos, the number of known miRNAs incresed along developmental s...
1. Introduction Agriculture was fundamental in the development of human society, enabling a gradual shift from a hunter-gatherer nomadic lifestyle to a more settled way of life, allowing primordial civilizations to flourish [1]. Since then, its role in the success of humans has only grown, ...
Nematodes that commonly parasitise humans include ascarids (Ascaris), filarias, hookworms, pinworms (Enterobius), and whipworms (Trichuris trichiura). The species Trichinella spiralis, commonly known as the 'trichina worm', occurs in rats, pigs, bears, and humans, and is responsible for the ...