Kiss, Joshua E, Gao, Xin, Krepp, Joseph M, Hawdon, John M
Abstract Background Third-stage infective larvae (L3) of hookworms are in an obligatory state of developmental arrest that ends upon entering the definitive host, where they receive a signal that...
Plant Vermicides of Haitian Vodou Show In Vitro Activity Against Larval Hookworm (2008)
Beverly J. Wolpert, Max G. Beauvoir, Elizabeth Fortson Wells, John M. Hawdon
Haitian Vodou priests (houngans) and priestesses (mambos) use plant remedies to treat many illnesses, including intestinal parasite infections. The present study screened 12 plants used in Vodou...
Hotez, Peter J., Zhan, Bin, Bethony, Jeffrey M., Loukas, Alex, Williamson, Angela, Goud, Gaddam Narsa, ...
Hookworm infection is one of the most important parasitic infections of humans, possibly outranked only by malaria as a cause of misery and suffering. An estimated 1.2 billion people are infected...
John M. Hawdon, Bennett Datu, Melissa Crowell
Degenerate oligonucleotide primers derived from conserved serine protease inhibitors were used to amplify a 90–base pair (bp) amplicon from an Ancylostoma caninum adult-stage complementary...
Peter J. Hotez, James Ashcom, Zhan Bin, Jeffrey Bethony, Angela Williamson, John M. Hawdon, ...
Laboratory dogs were vaccinated subcutaneously with 3 different recombinant fusion proteins, each precipitated with alum or calcium phosphate. The vaccinated dogs were then challenged orally with 400...
Nishiena S. Gandhi, Chen Jizhang, Kaveh Khoshnood, Xing Fuying, Li Shanwen, Liu Yaoruo, ...
Hookworm is highly endemic to Hainan Province, an island located in the South China Sea. To investigate the prevalence and intensity of infection in the area, the village of Xiulongkan was surveyed...
Variation between ASP-1 Molecules from Ancylostoma caninum in China and the United States (2000)
Shan Qiang, Zhan Bin, Xiao Shu-hua, Feng Zheng, Peter Hotez, John M. Hawdon
Hookworm infection continues to be a serious problem in rural areas of China. Rapid reinfection and high cost limit the effectiveness of deworming programs. Vaccination offers an attractive...
Epidemiology of Hookworm Infection in Itagua, Paraguay: a Cross Sectional Study (1999)
Nora Labiano-Abello, Jorge Canese, Maria Eugenia Velazquez, John M Hawdon, Mark L Wilson, Peter J Hotez
A cross-sectional study in Itagua, Paraguay tested 192 people for the presence, intensity and species of hookworm infection. Fifty-nine percent of these individuals were found to be infected....
Epidemiology of hookworm infection in Itagua, Paraguay: a cross sectional study (1999)
Labiano-Abello,Nora, Canese,Jorge, Velazquez,Maria Eugenia, Hawdon,John M, Wilson,Mark L, Hotez,Peter J
A cross-sectional study in Itagua, Paraguay tested 192 people for the presence, intensity and species of hookworm infection. Fifty-nine percent of these individuals were found to be infected....
Hookworm infectious process : host signals and parasite responses / (1991)
Thesis (Ph.D. in Parasitology) -- Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, 1991.
Zhan, Bin, Liu, Sen, Perally, Samirah, Xue, Jian, Fujiwara, Ricardo, Brophy, Peter, ...
We report the cloning and expression of Ac-GST-1, a novel glutathione S-transferase from the adult hookworm Ancylostoma caninum, and its possible role in parasite blood feeding and as a vaccine...