Alex Loukas
- Soil-transmitted helminth infections: ascariasis, trichuriasis, and hookworm
2006/05/01 by Jeffrey M. Bethony, Jeffrey Bethony, Simon Brooker +7 · 5 citations
Environmental Science · Immunology and Microbiology · Medicine · Veterinary · #Albendazole #Ascariasis #Ascaris lumbricoides #Biology #Deworming #Ecology #Environmental health #Helminth infection and control #Helminthiasis #Helminths #Hookworm Infections #Hookworm infection #Immunology #Mebendazole #Medicine #Parasite Biology and Host Interactions #Parasites and Host Interactions #Surgery #Trichuriasis #Trichuris trichiura #Veterinary medicine
- A Multi-enzyme Cascade of Hemoglobin Proteolysis in the Intestine of Blood-feeding Hookworms
2004/06/16 by Angela Williamson, Paolo Lecchi, Benjamin E. Turk +7 · 4 citations
Immunology and Microbiology · Medicine · Chemistry · #Parasites and Host Interactions #Trypanosoma species research and implications #Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics #Proteases #Proteolysis #Ancylostoma caninum #Biochemistry #Biology #Enzyme #Hemoglobin #Protease #Ancylostomiasis #Microbiology #Chemistry #Molecular biology #Immunology #Helminths
- Vaccination with Recombinant Aspartic Hemoglobinase Reduces Parasite Load and Blood Loss after Hookworm Infection in Dogs
2005/09/28 by Alex Loukas, Jeffrey M. Bethony, Susana Méndez +7 · 2 citations
Immunology and Microbiology · Medicine · Veterinary · #Parasites and Host Interactions #Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment #Helminth infection and control #Ancylostoma caninum #Vaccination #Biology #Immunology #Virology #Hookworm Infections #Ancylostoma #Antibody #Anemia #Hookworm infection #Iron-deficiency anemia #Immune system #Helminthiasis #Microbiology #Helminths #Medicine #Internal medicine
- Biochemical Characterization and Vaccine Potential of a Heme-Binding Glutathione Transferase from the Adult Hookworm Ancylostoma caninum
2005/09/21 by Bin Zhan, Sen Liu, Samïrah Perally +16 · 1 citation
Immunology and Microbiology · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Veterinary · #Parasites and Host Interactions #Glutathione Transferases and Polymorphisms #Helminth infection and control #Ancylostoma caninum #Biology #Necator americanus #Glutathione S-transferase #Glutathione #Ancylostoma #Recombinant DNA #Molecular biology #Nematode #Heme #Microbiology #Biochemistry #Virology #Enzyme #Immunology #Helminths #Feces #Gene
- Vaccination of Dogs with a Recombinant Cysteine Protease from the Intestine of Canine Hookworms Diminishes the Fecundity and Growth of Worms
2004/05/07 by Alex Loukas, Jeffrey M. Bethony, Angela Williamson +7 · 1 citation
Immunology and Microbiology · Environmental Science · Medicine · #Parasites and Host Interactions #Parasite Biology and Host Interactions #Parasitic infections in humans and animals #Ancylostoma caninum #Biology #Antibody #Vaccination #Virology #Proteases #Microbiology #Cysteine protease #Protease #Feces #Blood meal #Antigen #Titer #Immunology #Helminths #Enzyme #Biochemistry
- Genome of the human hookworm Necator americanus
2014/01/19 by Yat Tang, Xin Gao, Bruce A. Rosa +26 · 1 citation
Immunology and Microbiology · Environmental Science · #Parasites and Host Interactions #Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics #Parasite Biology and Host Interactions #Necator americanus #Biology #Hookworm Infections #Genome #Hookworm infection #Gene #Whole genome sequencing #Genetics #Helminths #Immunology #Ascaris lumbricoides
- Gender-enriched transcripts in Haemonchus contortus – predicted functions and genetic interactions based on comparative analyses with Caenorhabditis elegans
2007/07/12 by Bronwyn E. Campbell, Shivashankar H. Nagaraj, Min Hu +12 · 9 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Nursing · Veterinary · #Biology #Caenorhabditis elegans #Complementary DNA #Expressed sequence tag #Gene #Gene expression #Genetics #Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms #Haemonchus contortus #Helminth infection and control #Microarray analysis techniques #Nematode #Selenium in Biological Systems