1996
Gender differences in growth of school-aged children with schistosomiasis and geohelminth infection.
Parraga I, Assis A, Prado M, Barreto M, Reis M, King C, Blanton R. Gender differences in growth of school-aged children with schistosomiasis and geohelminth infection. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 1996, 55: 150-6. PMID: 8780452, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1996.55.150.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAnalysis of VarianceAnthropometryAscariasisBody CompositionBrazilCase-Control StudiesChildDouble-Blind MethodFecesFemaleGrowth DisordersHumansMaleNutrition DisordersNutritional StatusParasite Egg CountProspective StudiesSchistosomiasis mansoniSex CharacteristicsSocioeconomic FactorsTrichuriasisConceptsUpper arm circumferenceTriceps skinfoldS. mansoniS. mansoni-infected childrenMid-upper arm circumferenceModerate-intensity infectionDevelopment of malnutritionEffect of treatmentSubscapular skinfold measurementsInfected boysInfected childrenArm circumferenceGeohelminth infectionsSchool-aged childrenIntensity of infectionBrazilian schoolchildrenAnthropometric measurementsChronic malnutritionIntensity infectionsControl childrenGrowth retardationGrowth deficitsSchistosoma mansoniSkinfold measurementsInfection
1989
Localization and pattern of expression of a female specific mRNA in Schistosoma mansoni
Reis M, Kuhns J, Blanton R, Davis A. Localization and pattern of expression of a female specific mRNA in Schistosoma mansoni. Molecular And Biochemical Parasitology 1989, 32: 113-119. PMID: 2927441, DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(89)90062-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSex-specific gene expressionFemale-specific mRNAOpen reading frameFunction of eggsPattern of expressionMature female wormsNucleotide mRNACDNA sequenceReading frameGene expressionSpecific mRNAsFemale wormsFs800Central stretchAmino acidsVitelline cellsSitu hybridizationGenesMRNASchistosoma mansoniEgg productionExpressionWormsSequenceCDNA