Edge Artificial Intelligence (AI) for real-time automatic quantification of filariasis in mobile microscopy
by Lin Lin, Elena Dacal, Nuria D íez, Claudia Carmona, Alexandra Martin Ramirez, Lourdes Barón Argos, David Bermejo-Peláez, Carla Caballero, Daniel Cuadrado, Oscar Darias-Plasencia, Jaime García-Villena, Alexander Bakarjiev, Maria Postigo, Ethan Recalde-Jaramillo, Maria Flores-Chavez, Andrés Santos, María Jesús Ledesma-Carba yo, José M. Rubio, Miguel Luengo-Oroz
Filariasis, a neglected tropical disease caused by roundworms, is a significant public health concern in many tropical countries. Microscopic examination of blood samples can detect and differentiate parasite species, but it is time consuming and requires ...
Source: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases - April 17, 2024 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Lin Lin Source Type: research
Sensor protein explains how mice —and maybe people—know it’s cold
People wear gloves when making a snowman for a reason: Handling cold stuff can hurt. A new mouse study reveals what may be a key player in this response: a protein already known to enable
sensory neurons in worms to detect cold
. New evidence published this week in
Nature Neuroscience
confirms that
this protein has the same function in mammals
.
“The paper is exciting,” says Theanne Griffith, a neuroscientist at the University of California, Davis who was not involved in the research. She notes that the protein, called GluK2, is found in the brain and has “...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - March 13, 2024 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
First use of tissue exudate serology to identify Toxocara spp. infection in food animals
This study aimed to assess the potential risk to consumers eating meat products from animals infected with Toxocara spp. Tissue samples (226) were obtained from 155 different food producing animals in the south, southwest and east of England, UK. Tissue samples (n=226), either muscle or liver, were processed by artificial digestion followed by microscopic sediment evaluation for Toxocara spp. larvae, and tissue exudate samples (n=141) were tested for the presence of anti-Toxocara antibodies using a commercial ELISA kit. A logistic regression model was used to compare anti-Toxocara antibody prevalence by host species, tissu...
Source: International Journal for Parasitology - March 8, 2024 Category: Parasitology Authors: Sara R Healy Eric R Morgan Joaquin M Prada Gr égory Karadjian Aur élie Chevillot Martha Betson Source Type: research
Cerebral baylisascariosis in a rainbow lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus) in a German Zoo
The raccoon roundworm, Baylisascaris procyonis, can cause a meningoencephalitis as neural larva migrans which is known in avian species, including rainbow lorikeets in North America, but has not been described in... (Source: BMC Veterinary Research)
Source: BMC Veterinary Research - March 8, 2024 Category: Veterinary Research Authors: Sarah Pfetzing, Andreas Bernhard, Christian Bauer and Florian Hansmann Tags: Case Report Source Type: research
Parasites in ancient Egypt and Nubia: Malaria, schistosomiasis and the pharaohs
This study explores how their location along the River Nile, agricultural practices, the climate, endemic insects and aquatic snails impacted the type of parasites that were most successful in their populations. A meta-analysis approach finds that up to 65% of mummies were positive for schistosomiasis, 40% for headlice, 22% for falciparum malaria, and 10% for visceral leishmaniasis. Such a disease burden must have had major consequences upon the physical stamina and productivity of a large proportion of the workforce. In contrast, the virtual absence of evidence for whipworm and roundworm (so common in adjacent civilizatio...
Source: Advances in Parasitology - March 6, 2024 Category: Parasitology Authors: Piers D Mitchell Source Type: research
Parasites in ancient Egypt and Nubia: Malaria, schistosomiasis and the pharaohs
This study explores how their location along the River Nile, agricultural practices, the climate, endemic insects and aquatic snails impacted the type of parasites that were most successful in their populations. A meta-analysis approach finds that up to 65% of mummies were positive for schistosomiasis, 40% for headlice, 22% for falciparum malaria, and 10% for visceral leishmaniasis. Such a disease burden must have had major consequences upon the physical stamina and productivity of a large proportion of the workforce. In contrast, the virtual absence of evidence for whipworm and roundworm (so common in adjacent civilizatio...
Source: Advances in Parasitology - March 6, 2024 Category: Parasitology Authors: Piers D Mitchell Source Type: research
Parasites in ancient Egypt and Nubia: Malaria, schistosomiasis and the pharaohs
This study explores how their location along the River Nile, agricultural practices, the climate, endemic insects and aquatic snails impacted the type of parasites that were most successful in their populations. A meta-analysis approach finds that up to 65% of mummies were positive for schistosomiasis, 40% for headlice, 22% for falciparum malaria, and 10% for visceral leishmaniasis. Such a disease burden must have had major consequences upon the physical stamina and productivity of a large proportion of the workforce. In contrast, the virtual absence of evidence for whipworm and roundworm (so common in adjacent civilizatio...
Source: Advances in Parasitology - March 6, 2024 Category: Parasitology Authors: Piers D Mitchell Source Type: research
Getting around the roundworms: Identifying knowledge gaps and research priorities for the ascarids
Adv Parasitol. 2024;123:51-123. doi: 10.1016/bs.apar.2023.12.002. Epub 2024 Feb 20.ABSTRACTThe ascarids are a large group of parasitic nematodes that infect a wide range of animal species. In humans, they cause neglected diseases of poverty; many animal parasites also cause zoonotic infections in people. Control measures include hygiene and anthelmintic treatments, but they are not always appropriate or effective and this creates a continuing need to search for better ways to reduce the human, welfare and economic costs of these infections. To this end, Le Studium Institute of Advanced Studies organized a two-day conferenc...
Source: Advances in Parasitology - March 6, 2024 Category: Parasitology Authors: Adrian J Wolstenholme Erik C Andersen Shivani Choudhary Friederike Ebner Susanne Hartmann Lindy Holden-Dye Sudhanva S Kashyap J ürgen Krücken Richard J Martin Ankur Midha Peter Nejsum Cedric Neveu Alan P Robertson Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna Robert W Source Type: research
Getting around the roundworms: Identifying knowledge gaps and research priorities for the ascarids
Adv Parasitol. 2024;123:51-123. doi: 10.1016/bs.apar.2023.12.002. Epub 2024 Feb 20.ABSTRACTThe ascarids are a large group of parasitic nematodes that infect a wide range of animal species. In humans, they cause neglected diseases of poverty; many animal parasites also cause zoonotic infections in people. Control measures include hygiene and anthelmintic treatments, but they are not always appropriate or effective and this creates a continuing need to search for better ways to reduce the human, welfare and economic costs of these infections. To this end, Le Studium Institute of Advanced Studies organized a two-day conferenc...
Source: Advances in Parasitology - March 6, 2024 Category: Parasitology Authors: Adrian J Wolstenholme Erik C Andersen Shivani Choudhary Friederike Ebner Susanne Hartmann Lindy Holden-Dye Sudhanva S Kashyap J ürgen Krücken Richard J Martin Ankur Midha Peter Nejsum Cedric Neveu Alan P Robertson Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna Robert W Source Type: research
Getting around the roundworms: Identifying knowledge gaps and research priorities for the ascarids
Adv Parasitol. 2024;123:51-123. doi: 10.1016/bs.apar.2023.12.002. Epub 2024 Feb 20.ABSTRACTThe ascarids are a large group of parasitic nematodes that infect a wide range of animal species. In humans, they cause neglected diseases of poverty; many animal parasites also cause zoonotic infections in people. Control measures include hygiene and anthelmintic treatments, but they are not always appropriate or effective and this creates a continuing need to search for better ways to reduce the human, welfare and economic costs of these infections. To this end, Le Studium Institute of Advanced Studies organized a two-day conferenc...
Source: Advances in Parasitology - March 6, 2024 Category: Parasitology Authors: Adrian J Wolstenholme Erik C Andersen Shivani Choudhary Friederike Ebner Susanne Hartmann Lindy Holden-Dye Sudhanva S Kashyap J ürgen Krücken Richard J Martin Ankur Midha Peter Nejsum Cedric Neveu Alan P Robertson Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna Robert W Source Type: research
Parasites in ancient Egypt and Nubia: Malaria, schistosomiasis and the pharaohs
This study explores how their location along the River Nile, agricultural practices, the climate, endemic insects and aquatic snails impacted the type of parasites that were most successful in their populations. A meta-analysis approach finds that up to 65% of mummies were positive for schistosomiasis, 40% for headlice, 22% for falciparum malaria, and 10% for visceral leishmaniasis. Such a disease burden must have had major consequences upon the physical stamina and productivity of a large proportion of the workforce. In contrast, the virtual absence of evidence for whipworm and roundworm (so common in adjacent civilizatio...
Source: Advances in Parasitology - March 6, 2024 Category: Parasitology Authors: Piers D Mitchell Source Type: research
Getting around the roundworms: Identifying knowledge gaps and research priorities for the ascarids
Adv Parasitol. 2024;123:51-123. doi: 10.1016/bs.apar.2023.12.002. Epub 2024 Feb 20.ABSTRACTThe ascarids are a large group of parasitic nematodes that infect a wide range of animal species. In humans, they cause neglected diseases of poverty; many animal parasites also cause zoonotic infections in people. Control measures include hygiene and anthelmintic treatments, but they are not always appropriate or effective and this creates a continuing need to search for better ways to reduce the human, welfare and economic costs of these infections. To this end, Le Studium Institute of Advanced Studies organized a two-day conferenc...
Source: Advances in Parasitology - March 6, 2024 Category: Parasitology Authors: Adrian J Wolstenholme Erik C Andersen Shivani Choudhary Friederike Ebner Susanne Hartmann Lindy Holden-Dye Sudhanva S Kashyap J ürgen Krücken Richard J Martin Ankur Midha Peter Nejsum Cedric Neveu Alan P Robertson Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna Robert W Source Type: research
Getting around the roundworms: Identifying knowledge gaps and research priorities for the ascarids
Adv Parasitol. 2024;123:51-123. doi: 10.1016/bs.apar.2023.12.002. Epub 2024 Feb 20.ABSTRACTThe ascarids are a large group of parasitic nematodes that infect a wide range of animal species. In humans, they cause neglected diseases of poverty; many animal parasites also cause zoonotic infections in people. Control measures include hygiene and anthelmintic treatments, but they are not always appropriate or effective and this creates a continuing need to search for better ways to reduce the human, welfare and economic costs of these infections. To this end, Le Studium Institute of Advanced Studies organized a two-day conferenc...
Source: Advances in Parasitology - March 6, 2024 Category: Parasitology Authors: Adrian J Wolstenholme Erik C Andersen Shivani Choudhary Friederike Ebner Susanne Hartmann Lindy Holden-Dye Sudhanva S Kashyap J ürgen Krücken Richard J Martin Ankur Midha Peter Nejsum Cedric Neveu Alan P Robertson Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna Robert W Source Type: research
Parasites in ancient Egypt and Nubia: Malaria, schistosomiasis and the pharaohs
This study explores how their location along the River Nile, agricultural practices, the climate, endemic insects and aquatic snails impacted the type of parasites that were most successful in their populations. A meta-analysis approach finds that up to 65% of mummies were positive for schistosomiasis, 40% for headlice, 22% for falciparum malaria, and 10% for visceral leishmaniasis. Such a disease burden must have had major consequences upon the physical stamina and productivity of a large proportion of the workforce. In contrast, the virtual absence of evidence for whipworm and roundworm (so common in adjacent civilizatio...
Source: Advances in Parasitology - March 6, 2024 Category: Parasitology Authors: Piers D Mitchell Source Type: research
Getting around the roundworms: Identifying knowledge gaps and research priorities for the ascarids
Adv Parasitol. 2024;123:51-123. doi: 10.1016/bs.apar.2023.12.002. Epub 2024 Feb 20.ABSTRACTThe ascarids are a large group of parasitic nematodes that infect a wide range of animal species. In humans, they cause neglected diseases of poverty; many animal parasites also cause zoonotic infections in people. Control measures include hygiene and anthelmintic treatments, but they are not always appropriate or effective and this creates a continuing need to search for better ways to reduce the human, welfare and economic costs of these infections. To this end, Le Studium Institute of Advanced Studies organized a two-day conferenc...
Source: Advances in Parasitology - March 6, 2024 Category: Parasitology Authors: Adrian J Wolstenholme Erik C Andersen Shivani Choudhary Friederike Ebner Susanne Hartmann Lindy Holden-Dye Sudhanva S Kashyap J ürgen Krücken Richard J Martin Ankur Midha Peter Nejsum Cedric Neveu Alan P Robertson Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna Robert W Source Type: research
