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Wolbachia in filarial nematodes:: evolutionary aspects and implications for the pathogenesis and treatment of filarial diseases
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VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY (2001)
Depletion of wolbachia endobacteria in Onchocerca volvulus by doxycycline and microfilaridermia after ivermectin treatment
A Hoerauf et al.
LANCET (2001)
Antioxidant enzyme families in parasitic nematodes
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MOLECULAR AND BIOCHEMICAL PARASITOLOGY (2001)
Onchocerca volvulus: Genetic diversity of parasite isolates from Sudan
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EXPERIMENTAL PARASITOLOGY (2001)
A rapid-format antibody card test for diagnosis of onchocerciasis
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JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES (2000)
Eosinophil granule proteins in serum and urine of patients with helminth infections and atopic dermatitis
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TROPICAL MEDICINE & INTERNATIONAL HEALTH (2000)
Use of the recombinant Onchocerca volvulus protein Ov20/OvS1 for the immunodiagnostic differentiation between onchocerciasis and mansonelliasis and for the characterization of hyperreactive onchocerciasis (sowda)
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TROPICAL MEDICINE & INTERNATIONAL HEALTH (2000)
Lipopolysaccharide-like molecules derived from Wolbachia endobacteria of the filaria Onchocerca volvulus are candidate mediators in the sequence of inflammatory and antiinflammatory responses of human monocytes
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MICROBES AND INFECTION (2000)
The genomes of Onchocerca volvulus
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY (2000)
Endosymbiotic bacteria in worms as targets for a novel chemotherapy in filariasis
A Hoerauf et al.
LANCET (2000)
Immunity to onchocerciasis:: Cells from putatively immune individuals produce enhanced levels of interleukin-5, gamma interferon, and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor in response to Onchocerca volvulus larval and male worm antigens
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INFECTION AND IMMUNITY (2000)
Antigen-specific cellular hyporesponsiveness in a chronic human helminth infection is mediated by Th3/Tr1-type cytokines IL-10 and transforming growth factor-β but not by a Th1 to Th2 shift
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INTERNATIONAL IMMUNOLOGY (2000)
Onchocerca ochengi infections in cattle as a model for human onchocerciasis: recent developments
AJ Trees et al.
PARASITOLOGY (2000)
Onchocerca volvulus: Comparative analysis of antibody responses to recombinant antigens in two animal models of onchocerciasis
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EXPERIMENTAL PARASITOLOGY (2000)