Helminthiasis

Helminthiasis is a disease in which a part of the body is infested with worms such as pinworm, roundworm or tapeworm.Typically, the worms reside in the gastrointestinal tract but may also burrow into the liver and other organs. (From the Wikpedia article Helminthiasis.)

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Recent Publications on Helminthiasis:
Intestinal schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis in Ugandan schoolchildren: a rapid mapping assessment. Even with a national control programme in place, intestinal...	13th November, 2009	Department of Zoology, Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK.	Geospat Health. 2009 Nov;4(1):39-53.
Schistosomiasis and neglected tropical diseases: towards integrated and sustainable control and a word of caution. In May 2001, the World Health Assembly (WHA) passed a resolution which...	13th November, 2009	Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, Swiss Tropical Institute,	Parasitology. 2009 Nov;136(13):1859-74. DOI Direct Link
Risk of parasitic worm infection from eating raw fish in Hawai'i: a physician's survey. Public health concerns have been raised over the risk of parasitic...	13th November, 2009	PacMar	Hawaii Med J. 2009 Oct;68(9):227-9.
Mortality in the Baltimore union poultry cohort: non-malignant diseases. BACKGROUND: Workers in poultry plants have high exposure to a variety of...	11th November, 2009	Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, UNT Health Science	Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 2009 Nov 10. DOI Direct Link
Adjuvant effect of LPS and killed Propionibacterium acnes on the development of experimental gastrointestinal nematode infestation in sheep. Gastrointestinal helminthic infection is an important worldwide sheep...	10th November, 2009	Veterinary Medicine, Universidade Paulista, UNIP, Sao Paulo, Brasil.	Parasite Immunol. 2009 Oct;31(10):604-12. DOI Direct Link
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Helminthiasis Clinical Trials:
Empiric Therapy of Helminth co-Infection to Reduce HIV-1 Disease Progression

Helminthiasis Patents:
US Patent No.	Title
7348149	Methods of diagnosing Parkinson's disease by measuring expression level of RNA encoding human protein HLLRCR-1
7419996	Parenteral and oral formulations of benzimidazoles
7429646	Antibodies to human tumor necrosis factor receptor-like 2
7435808	Polynucleotides encoding novel adiponectin receptor variant, AdipoR2v2
7439333	Vascular endothelial growth factor 2
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