Background: Schistosomes are trematode worms that dwell in their definitive host's blood vessels, where females lay eggs that need to be discharged into the environment with host excreta to maintain their life-cycle. Both worms and eggs require type 2 immunity for their maturation and excretion, respectively. However, the immune molecules that orchestrate such immunity remain unclear.
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December 2018
Background: Malaria and schistosomiasis remain life-threatening public health problems in sub-Saharan Africa. The infection pattern related to age indicates that preschool and school-age children are at the highest risk of malaria and schistosomiasis. Both parasitic infections, separately or combined, may have negative impacts on the haemoglobin concentration levels.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Diseases caused by mosquito-borne viruses are among the most important emerging diseases that threaten human and animal health, particularly in Africa. However, little attention has been paid to these diseases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The present cross-sectional study was undertaken between March and May 2014 to investigate the presence of mosquito-borne viruses in mosquitoes collected from five municipalities of Kinshasa, DRC.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA descriptive cross-sectional survey of Dirofilaria infections in dogs was carried out from January to March 2015 in Morogoro municipality, Tanzania. One hundred and fifty two blood samples were collected from healthy dogs aged more than 6 months living in different areas of Morogoro, and analyzed by modified Knott's technique for circulating microfilariae. Microfilaraemic samples were further analyzed by Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and PCR products were sequenced for molecular identification.
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