Sentences with phrase «human schistosomiasis»

Alterations in peripheral blood B cell subsets and dynamics of B cell responses during human schistosomiasis.

«We don't yet understand why mice that develop severe inflammation express about 20 times higher levels of CD209a than mice that do not develop severe disease, and we don't yet know about the role of DC - SIGN in human schistosomiasis.

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These include wildlife, domestic animals and humans — mostly children — who are commonly affected by schistosomiasis in tropical parts of the world.

G.W.'s Davis is part of a project researching the disease schistosomiasis (a.k.a. snail fever or swimmer's itch), a blood parasite transmitted to humans by snails; people can get it by swimming or wading in contaminated fresh water when infected snails release larvae that can penetrate the skin.

An epidemiological model of schistosomiasis suggested that the increase in snail population from this typical amount of fertilizer would jack up the risk of transmission to humans by 28 %.

This parasite causes schistosomiasis, an infectious disease of global importance for human and animals.