Search Results - "BICKLE, Quentin D"
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Orally active antischistosomal early leads identified from the open access malaria box
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-01-2014)“…Worldwide hundreds of millions of schistosomiasis patients rely on treatment with a single drug, praziquantel. Therapeutic limitations and the threat of…”
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Comparison of microscopy and Alamar blue reduction in a larval based assay for schistosome drug screening
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (10-08-2010)“…In view of the current widespread use of and reliance on a single schistosomicide, praziquantel, there is a pressing need to discover and develop alternative…”
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Whole organism high-content screening by label-free, image-based Bayesian classification for parasitic diseases
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-07-2012)“…Sole reliance on one drug, Praziquantel, for treatment and control of schistosomiasis raises concerns about development of widespread resistance, prompting…”
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Application of RNAi to Genomic Drug Target Validation in Schistosomes
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-05-2015)“…Concerns over the possibility of resistance developing to praziquantel (PZQ), has stimulated efforts to develop new drugs for schistosomiasis. In addition to…”
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Chronic Intestinal Nematode Infection Exacerbates Experimental Schistosoma mansoni Infection
Published in Infection and Immunity (01-12-2008)“…Mixed-parasite infections are common in many parts of the world, but little is known of the effects of concomitant parasite infections on the immune response…”
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The Schistosoma mansoni Hepatic Egg Granuloma Provides a Favorable Microenvironment for Sustained Growth of Leishmania donovani
Published in The American journal of pathology (01-09-2006)“…Parasitic co-infections are prevalent in many parts of the world. However, relatively little is known about how an underlying infection may impact on the…”
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Reciprocal Immunomodulation in a Schistosome and Hepatotropic Virus Coinfection Model
Published in Journal of Immunology (15-11-2005)“…Human coinfection with the helminth parasite Schistosoma mansoni and hepatitis B and hepatitis C viruses is associated with increased hepatic viral burdens and…”
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Early exposure of infants to GI nematodes induces Th2 dominant immune responses which are unaffected by periodic anthelminthic treatment
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-05-2009)“…We have previously shown a reduction in anaemia and wasting malnutrition in infants <3 years old in Pemba Island, Zanzibar, following repeated anthelminthic…”
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Analysis of Human Antibodies to Erythrocyte Binding Antigen 175 of Plasmodium falciparum
Published in Infection and Immunity (01-10-2000)“…Classifications Services IAI Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley Reddit…”
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Locally up-regulated lymphotoxin alpha, not systemic tumor necrosis factor alpha, is the principle mediator of murine cerebral malaria
Published in The Journal of experimental medicine (20-05-2002)“…Cerebral malaria (CM) causes death in children and nonimmune adults. TNF-alpha has been thought to play a key role in the development of CM. In contrast, the…”
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Adjusting for the acute phase response is essential to interpret iron status indicators among young Zanzibari children prone to chronic malaria and helminth infections
Published in The Journal of nutrition (01-11-2009)“…The extent to which the acute phase response (APR) influences iron status indicators in chronic infections is not well documented. We investigated this…”
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Early Helminth Infections Are Inversely Related to Anemia, Malnutrition, and Malaria and Are Not Associated with Inflammation in 6- to 23-Month-Old Zanzibari Children
Published in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene (01-12-2009)“…Helminths aggravate anemia and malnutrition among school children. We studied this association in a cross-sectional study of 6- to 23-month-old Zanzibari…”
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A comparison of methods for detecting the eggs of Ascaris, Trichuris, and hookworm in infant stool, and the epidemiology of infection in Zanzibari infants
Published in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene (01-04-2007)“…This study compared five methods for detecting the eggs of the human parasitic geohelminths Ascaris, Trichuris, and hookworm in infant stool, and describes the…”
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Vaccination of mice with a cocktail DNA vaccine induces a Th1-type immune response and partial protection against Schistosoma japonicum infection
Published in Vaccine (12-12-2001)“…Several defined vaccine candidate antigens of Schistosoma japonicum have shown promise in large animal vaccination experiments. However, vaccination of mice in…”
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Field testing of Schistosoma japonicum DNA vaccines in cattle in China
Published in Vaccine (01-11-2002)“…Vaccines are needed to reduce the zoonotic reservoir of Schistosoma japonicum infection in bovines in China. We have developed two experimental DNA vaccines…”
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Laboratory and field evaluation of Schistosoma japonicum DNA vaccines in sheep and water buffalo in China
Published in Vaccine (12-11-2001)“…Vaccines are needed to control zoonotic Schistosoma japonicum infection and several vaccine candidates have now been identified. Two of these (Sj28GST and…”
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Comparison of the vaccine efficacy of γ-irradiated Schistosoma japonicum cercariae with the defined antigen Sj62(IrV-5) in pigs
Published in Veterinary parasitology (12-09-2001)“…Development of a vaccine against Schistosoma japonicum which can protect both man and the domestic animal zoonotic reservoirs of infection would be an…”
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Molecular cloning and characterization of a novel Schistosoma japonicum "irradiated vaccine-specific" antigen, Sj14-3-3
Published in Molecular and biochemical parasitology (20-09-1999)“…A Schistosoma japonicum cDNA coding for a full length S. japonicum 14-3-3 protein was obtained by antibody screening of an adult worm cDNA library using sera…”
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Cloning of Schistosoma japonicum 14-3-3 epsilon (Sj14-3-3ε), a new member of the 14-3-3 family of proteins from schistosomes
Published in International journal for parasitology (01-08-2000)“…A new member of the 14-3-3 protein family from Schistosoma japonicum has been identified. Phylogenetic analysis showed that this member belongs to the epsilon…”
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Application of RNAi to Genomic Drug Target Validation in Schistosomes: e0003801
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-05-2015)“…Concerns over the possibility of resistance developing to praziquantel (PZQ), has stimulated efforts to develop new drugs for schistosomiasis. In addition to…”
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