2011
Twenty-First Century Progress Toward the Global Control of Human Hookworm Infection
Bungiro R, Cappello M. Twenty-First Century Progress Toward the Global Control of Human Hookworm Infection. Current Infectious Disease Reports 2011, 13: 210. PMID: 21462001, DOI: 10.1007/s11908-011-0182-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHuman hookworm infectionHost immune responseCandidate vaccine antigensHigher infection rateExcretory/secretory proteinsImmunoepidemiological studiesTreatment failureHookworm infectionMass chemotherapyImmune responseAnimal modelsParasitic infectionsVaccine antigensMolecular pathogenesisInfection rateHookworm diseaseReduced efficacyProtease inhibitorsHookwormInfectionSaharan AfricaRecent studiesContinued useSecretory proteinsAsthma
2004
Hookworm infection: new developments and prospects for control
Bungiro R, Cappello M. Hookworm infection: new developments and prospects for control. Current Opinion In Infectious Diseases 2004, 17: 421-426. PMID: 15353961, DOI: 10.1097/00001432-200410000-00006.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsHookworm infectionHookworm diseaseEffective global controlPathological immune responsesMajor health burdenParasite virulence factorsNew chemotherapeutic agentsDevelopment of vaccinesHookworm anaemiaImmunoepidemiological studiesMass chemotherapyHealth burdenImmune responseMolecular pathogenesisGrowth delayChemotherapeutic agentsInfectionVaccineSocioeconomic statusDiseaseVirulence factorsGlobal healthBenzimidazole anthelminthicsPathogenesisAnthelminthic resistance