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Assessing the role of eosinophil-mediated immune response markers in detecting hookworm infection: A case-control study in Kintampo, Ghana.

Samuel A Sakyi, Benjamin Amoani, Stephen Opoku, Lawrence Dzata, Wilfred Aniagyei, Ebenezer Senu, Kwabena Dankwa, Michael D Wilson

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Article in Health science reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Samuel A SakyiDepartment of Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine and Dentistry Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Kumasi Ghana.ORCID 0000-0001-5168-4762
Benjamin AmoaniDepartment of Biomedical Science, School of Medicine and Dentistry University of Cape Coast Cape Coast Ghana.ORCID 0000-0002-4086-3033
Stephen OpokuDepartment of Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine and Dentistry Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Kumasi Ghana.
Lawrence DzataDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medical Sciences University of Cape Coast Cape Coast Ghana.
Wilfred AniagyeiDepartment of Biomedical Science, School of Medicine and Dentistry University of Cape Coast Cape Coast Ghana.ORCID 0000-0003-4706-0046
Ebenezer SenuDepartment of Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine and Dentistry Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Kumasi Ghana.ORCID 0000-0002-2973-8952
Kwabena DankwaDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medical Sciences University of Cape Coast Cape Coast Ghana.
Michael D WilsonParasitology Department, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Sciences University of Ghana Legon Ghana.
University of Cape Coast · GHKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology · GHUniversity of Ghana · GH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background and Aim: Human hookworm disease caused by Methods: This case-control study was carried out in hookworm endemic areas within the Kintampo North Municipality.Forty hookworm-positive subjects and 36 apparently healthy individuals were recruited as cases and controls, respectively. Stool samples were collected for hookworm detection by the Kato-Katz technique and speciation by polymerase chain reaction. Approximately, 5 ml of intravenous blood was used to obtain plasma for the immunological assays. Results: Of eosinophil-mediated immune response markers studied, ECP and CCL11 were significantly higher among hookworm patients compared to controls. Increasing CCL11 ( Conclusion: ECP best predicts eosinophil-mediated immune response for detecting hookworm infection, while CCL11 and eosinophil count better predict the intensity of hookworm. Moreover, the ECP level is a good indicator of hookworm infection and intensity and may require additional investigations to augment current hookworm diagnostic techniques.

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eosinophil cationic proteineosinophils‐mediated immune responseeotaxin (CCL11)hookworm infectionimmunoglobulin E

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