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Intestinal nematode infection

MedGen UID:
547683
•Concept ID:
C0276919
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Intestinal Nematode Infection; Intestinal roundworm infection
SNOMED CT: Intestinal roundworm infection (57540006); Intestinal nematode infection (57540006)

Definition

An infection in the gastrointestinal tract by a nematode. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVIntestinal nematode infection

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Association of a sex-related difference of Strongyloides stercoralis-specific IgG4 antibody titer with the efficacy of treatment of strongyloidiasis.
Satoh M, Toma H, Kiyuna S, Shiroma Y, Kokaze A, Sato Y
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2004 Jul;71(1):107-11. PMID: 15238698

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Helminth infections in the US military: from strongyloidiasis to schistosomiasis.
Lindrose AR, Mitra I, Fraser J, Mitre E, Hickey PW
J Travel Med 2021 Aug 27;28(6) doi: 10.1093/jtm/taab004. PMID: 33480433Free PMC Article
Host responses to intestinal nematodes.
Yasuda K, Nakanishi K
Int Immunol 2018 Mar 10;30(3):93-102. doi: 10.1093/intimm/dxy002. PMID: 29346656
Spatial and genetic epidemiology of hookworm in a rural community in Uganda.
Pullan RL, Kabatereine NB, Quinnell RJ, Brooker S
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2010 Jun 15;4(6):e713. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000713. PMID: 20559556Free PMC Article
Wastewater quality and the risk of intestinal nematode infection in sewage farming families in hyderabad, India.
Ensink JH, Blumenthal UJ, Brooker S
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2008 Oct;79(4):561-7. PMID: 18840745Free PMC Article
New weapons in the war on worms: identification of putative mechanisms of immune-mediated expulsion of gastrointestinal nematodes.
Artis D
Int J Parasitol 2006 May 31;36(6):723-33. Epub 2006 Mar 13 doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2006.02.011. PMID: 16620826Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Helminth infections in the US military: from strongyloidiasis to schistosomiasis.
Lindrose AR, Mitra I, Fraser J, Mitre E, Hickey PW
J Travel Med 2021 Aug 27;28(6) doi: 10.1093/jtm/taab004. PMID: 33480433Free PMC Article
Specific detection of human antibodies to Onchocerca volvulus.
Cabrera Z, Parkhouse RM, Forsyth K, Gomez Priego A, Pabon R, Yarzabal L
Trop Med Parasitol 1989 Dec;40(4):454-9. PMID: 2696081

Therapy

High risk of hookworm infection among wastewater farmers in Pakistan.
Ensink JH, van der Hoek W, Mukhtar M, Tahir Z, Amerasinghe FP
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 2005 Nov;99(11):809-18. doi: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.01.005. PMID: 16099003
Association of a sex-related difference of Strongyloides stercoralis-specific IgG4 antibody titer with the efficacy of treatment of strongyloidiasis.
Satoh M, Toma H, Kiyuna S, Shiroma Y, Kokaze A, Sato Y
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2004 Jul;71(1):107-11. PMID: 15238698
Reducing intestinal nematode infection: efficacy of albendazole and mebendazole.
Bennett A, Guyatt H
Parasitol Today 2000 Feb;16(2):71-4. doi: 10.1016/s0169-4758(99)01544-6. PMID: 10652492
Intestinal helminthiasis and abdominal symptoms in adults.
Mahendra Raj S, Sivakumaran S, Vijayakumari S
Trop Gastroenterol 1991 Jan-Mar;12(1):21-4. PMID: 2058006
Anthelminthic effect of oxantel and oxantel-pyrantel in intestinal nematode infections.
Lim JK
Drugs 1978;15 Suppl 1:99-103. doi: 10.2165/00003495-197800151-00019. PMID: 657998

Prognosis

Concurrent gastro-intestinal nematode infection does not alter the development of experimental cerebral malaria.
de Souza B, Helmby H
Microbes Infect 2008 Jul;10(8):916-21. Epub 2008 May 1 doi: 10.1016/j.micinf.2008.04.015. PMID: 18656411Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Helminth infections in the US military: from strongyloidiasis to schistosomiasis.
Lindrose AR, Mitra I, Fraser J, Mitre E, Hickey PW
J Travel Med 2021 Aug 27;28(6) doi: 10.1093/jtm/taab004. PMID: 33480433Free PMC Article
Mucosal immune responses following intestinal nematode infection.
Zaph C, Cooper PJ, Harris NL
Parasite Immunol 2014 Sep;36(9):439-52. doi: 10.1111/pim.12090. PMID: 25201407Free PMC Article
Association of a sex-related difference of Strongyloides stercoralis-specific IgG4 antibody titer with the efficacy of treatment of strongyloidiasis.
Satoh M, Toma H, Kiyuna S, Shiroma Y, Kokaze A, Sato Y
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2004 Jul;71(1):107-11. PMID: 15238698
Cytokine regulation of resistance and susceptibility to intestinal nematode infection - from host to parasite.
Grencis RK
Vet Parasitol 2001 Sep 12;100(1-2):45-50. doi: 10.1016/s0304-4017(01)00482-4. PMID: 11522405
Production of an interferon-gamma homologue by an intestinal nematode: functionally significant or interesting artefact?
Grencis RK, Entwistle GM
Parasitology 1997;115 Suppl:S101-6. doi: 10.1017/s0031182097002114. PMID: 9571695

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