Article: Dreissena polymorpha and Conchophthirus acuminatus: what can we learn from host-commensal relationships.(Report)

Article: Cytokine responses to Schistosoma haematobium in a Zimbabwean ...
BMC Infectious Diseases;  November 28, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... immunity in reducing schistosome infection intensity in human populations has been subject ... infected children in the Gambia, while infection intensity declined [11] and the combined ... between these cytokine responses and infection intensity. Previous studies have suggested ...

Article: Studies from University of Edinburgh, Institute for Immunology ...
Biotech Week;  August 13, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... Research findings, 'Age-related and infection intensity-related shifts in antibody recognition ... population was stratified by age and infection intensity into 9 groups within which serum ... varied distinctly with host age and infection intensity, with some isoform-specific responses ...

Article: Study data from C.N. Chualain and co-authors update knowledge of ...
Ecology, Environment & Conservation;  April 3, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... established to determine seasonality of infection intensity and prevalence in the country ... seasonal trend was not apparent. Infection intensity was seasonal with significantly ... were followed by a reduction in infection intensity as temperature decreased in the ...

Article: Distribution of parasites and pathologies in sentinel bivalves: ...
Journal of Shellfish Research;  December 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Dreissenids had lower prevalence and infection intensity for all parasites than the other ... mytilids, in that prevalence and infection intensity tended to change gradually over ... oysters, in that prevalence and infection intensity tended to change more sharply over ...

Article: Prevalence of giant kidney worm (Dioctophyma renale) in wild mink ...
The American Midland Naturalist;  January 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... representing the highest documented infection intensity of a single wild mink. INTRODUCTION ... representing the highest documented infection intensity of a single wild mink host. DISCUSSION ... region and include a new record for infection intensity for a single mink. Our findings ...

Article: Studies from University of Queensland, Australian Center for ...
Health & Medicine Week;  May 26, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... 1 levels both correlated with infection intensity and there were significant positive ... observed between eosinophil count and infection intensity (p=0.0072) and sICAM-1 ... controls, none correlated with infection intensity. Further, no differences in IgG4 ...

Article: Data on parasitology published by researchers at University of ...
Science Letter;  August 19, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... explained a proportion of the variance (34%), similar to infection intensity (33%) and parasite abundance (37%). We detected ... researchers concluded: "Prevalence (up to 100%) and infection intensity (parasitemias up to 12.7%) of Haemoproteus sp. parasites ...