Kunitz type proteins are an important group of ubiquitous protease inhibitors found spanning
the evolutionary tree from microbes to mammals. These proteins can have single or multiple …

Hookworm infection is a major public health problem that threatens about 500 million people
throughout tropical areas of the world. Adult hookworms survive for many years in the host …

The hookworm Necator americanus is the predominant soil-transmitted human parasite.
Adult worms feed on blood in the small intestine, causing iron-deficiency anemia …

Host-parasite interactions exert strong selection pressures on the genomes of both host and
parasite. These interactions can lead to negative frequency-dependent selection, a form of …

The intestinal helminth parasite, Heligmosomoides polygyrus bakeri offers a tractable
experimental model for human hookworm infections such as Ancylostoma duodenale and …

This study examined the prevalence and intensity of intestinal helminth infections and their
association with anemia, undernutrition, and academic performance among school children …

Mass drug administration (MDA) targeting school-age children is recommended by the
World Health Organization for the global control of soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections …

Background Schistosomes are able to survive for prolonged periods in the blood system,
despite continuous contact with coagulatory factors and mediators of the host immune …

Tuberculosis (TB) has once again become a major public health threat owing to the
combined effects of deteriorating socioeconomic situations and the emergence of the …

Fasciola hepatica is a global parasite of humans and their livestock. Regulation of parasite-
secreted cathepsin L-like cysteine proteases associated with virulence is important to fine …