Browsing Biochemistry Staff Publications by Subject "Helminth infection"

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Knowledge attitudes and practices of grade three primary school children in relation to schistosomiasis, soil transmitted helminthiasis and malaria in Zimbabwe

Midzi, Nicholas; Mtapuri-Zinyowera, Sekesai; Mapingure, Munyaradzi, P.; Paul, Noah, H.; Sangweme, Davison; Hlerema, Gibson; Mutsaka, Masceline, J.; Tongogara, Farisai; Makware, Godfrey; Chadukura, Vivian; Brouwer, Kimberly; Mutapi, Francisca; Kumar, Nirbhay; Mduluza, Takafira (BioMed Central, 2011)

Helminth infection rates in grade three children are used as proxy indicators of community infection status and to guide treatment strategies in endemic areas. However knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) of this target ...
Proportions of CD41 memory T cells are altered in individuals chronically infected with Schistosoma haematobium

Bourke, Claire D.; Appleby, Laura J.; Rujeni, Nadine; Lantz, Olivier; Trottein, François; Midzi, Nicholas; Nausch, Norman; Mduluza, Takafira; Mutapi, Francisca (Nature Publishing Group, 2012-06-26)

Characterisation of protective helminth acquired immunity in humans or experimental models has focused on effector responses with little work conducted on memory responses. Here we show for the first time, that human ...