2016
Effectiveness of Albendazole for Hookworm Varies Widely by Community and Correlates with Nutritional Factors: A Cross-Sectional Study of School-Age Children in Ghana.
Humphries D, Nguyen S, Kumar S, Quagraine JE, Otchere J, Harrison LM, Wilson M, Cappello M. Effectiveness of Albendazole for Hookworm Varies Widely by Community and Correlates with Nutritional Factors: A Cross-Sectional Study of School-Age Children in Ghana. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2016, 96: 347-354. PMID: 27895280, PMCID: PMC5303035, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.16-0682.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEgg reduction rateCross-sectional studyMass drug administrationSchool-aged childrenEffectiveness of albendazoleCure rateDrug AdministrationMid-upper arm circumferenceSoil-transmitted helminth infectionsHost factorsNutritional factorsSingle-dose albendazoleOverall cure rateBlood hemoglobin levelsKintampo North MunicipalitySignificant community-level variationIndividual host factorsWorld Health OrganizationCommon STHHemoglobin levelsArm circumferenceHookworm infectionHelminth infectionsDeworming programsHookworm prevalence
1994
Increased CD4+ T cell‐dependent anti‐erythrocyte antibody levels following the onset of parasite egg production in Schistosoma mansoni infected mice
HUMPHRIES D, VELLA A, PEARCE E. Increased CD4+ T cell‐dependent anti‐erythrocyte antibody levels following the onset of parasite egg production in Schistosoma mansoni infected mice. Parasite Immunology 1994, 16: 469-477. PMID: 7838596, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.1994.tb00375.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfected miceHemoglobin levelsSchistosome eggsNormal miceAnti-red blood cell antibodiesLower hemoglobin levelsChronic infectious diseasePlasma hemoglobin levelsParasite egg productionMembranes of RBCsIncreased CD4Cell antibodiesAntibody levelsSchistosomiasis mansoniAntibody responseSurface antigenAntibody productionPatent infectionsInfectious diseasesSchistosoma mansoniEgg productionMiceAnemiaAntibodiesCD4