Characterization of the protective immune response following subcutaneous vaccination of susceptible mice against Trichuris muris.

... would control trichuriasis by promoting the acquisition of immunity...

Int J Parasitol 12-08-2009

Intestinal parasitic infections amongst Orang Asli (indigenous) in Malaysia: Has socioeconomic development alleviated the problem?

Prior to 1978, hookworm infection is the most predominant STH but today, trichuriasis is the most common STH infections...

Trop Biomed 11-10-2009

Disruption of Th2 immunity results in a gender-specific expansion of IL-13 producing accessory NK cells during helminth infection.

Host gender has previously been identified as a determining factor in the resolution of Trichuris muris infection in mice lacking IL-4 (IL-4KO...

J Immunol 09-03-2009

Trichuris trichiura infection diagnosed by colonoscopy: case reports and review of literature.

humid climates. In Korea, trichuriasis was a highly prevalent... colonoscopy. Recently, we managed 4 patients with trichuriasis who...

Korean J Parasitol 09-02-2009

Helminth products bypass the need for TSLP in Th2 immune responses by directly modulating dendritic cell function.

Thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) is an interleukin (IL)-7-like cytokine, mainly expressed by epithelial cells, and key to the development of...

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 08-26-2009

Trichuris suis and Trichuris trichiura are different nematode species.

In this paper, a morphological and biometrical study by optical microscopy and scanning electronic microscopy (SEM) of Trichuris suis isolated from...

Acta Trop 07-21-2009

Efficacy of emodepside plus praziquantel tablets (Profender tablets for dogs) against mature and immature adult Trichuris vulpis infections in dogs.

This paper reports on the efficacy of a novel flavoured tablet formulation of emodepside plus praziquantel (Profender tablets for dogs) against...

Parasitol Res 07-03-2009

Evaluation of an enzyme-linked immunoelectrotransfer blot test for the confirmatory serodiagnosis of human toxocariasis.

... 186 sera from patients with other helminth diseases (ascariasis, ancylostomiasis, trichuriasis, enterobiasis, strongyloidiasis, hymenolepiasis...

Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 06-23-2009

MHC class II-dependent basophil-CD4+ T cell interactions promote T(H)2 cytokine-dependent immunity.

Dendritic cells can prime naive CD4+ T cells; however, here we demonstrate that dendritic cell-mediated priming was insufficient for the...

Nat Immunol 06-18-2009

Protection from skin test reactivity by helminth infections: Trichuris trichiura induces protection in the long term.

Clin Exp Allergy 06-03-2009