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Anthony Mawson papers
Just found another one I hadn't seen before and thought it might be nice to highlight his great work on a separate thread.
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg - Sep-Oct 2002
Onchocerciasis-associated Morbidity: Hypothesis
Anthony R Mawson 1, Musau WaKabongo
- 1Institute of Epidemiology and Health Services Research, Jackson State University, 350 Woodrow Wilson Avenue, Suite 2301-B, Jackson, MS 39213, USA. anthony.r.mawson@jsums.edu
- PMID: 12474485
Abstract
Tissue concentrations of vitamin A in Onchocerca volvulus are about 8 times higher than those of the host. About 100,000 microfilariae (mf) die every day in heavily infected persons. Onchocerciasis-associated morbidity may be due in part to the release of retinoids from dying mf and their gradual accumulation to toxic concentrations in affected tissues.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onchocerca_volvulus
Just found another one I hadn't seen before and thought it might be nice to highlight his great work on a separate thread.
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg - Sep-Oct 2002
Onchocerciasis-associated Morbidity: Hypothesis
Anthony R Mawson 1, Musau WaKabongo
- 1Institute of Epidemiology and Health Services Research, Jackson State University, 350 Woodrow Wilson Avenue, Suite 2301-B, Jackson, MS 39213, USA. anthony.r.mawson@jsums.edu
- PMID: 12474485
Abstract
Tissue concentrations of vitamin A in Onchocerca volvulus are about 8 times higher than those of the host. About 100,000 microfilariae (mf) die every day in heavily infected persons. Onchocerciasis-associated morbidity may be due in part to the release of retinoids from dying mf and their gradual accumulation to toxic concentrations in affected tissues.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onchocerca_volvulus
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tim on May 27, 2020, 6:21 am
That is excellent info, I think it adds credence to the idea that parasites like hookworm can deplete VA levels?
Necator americanus has so much potential to help with autoimmune conditions: lowers iron, regulates the immune system and probably lowers VA levels to a much greater degree than phlebetomy.
That is excellent info, I think it adds credence to the idea that parasites like hookworm can deplete VA levels?
Necator americanus has so much potential to help with autoimmune conditions: lowers iron, regulates the immune system and probably lowers VA levels to a much greater degree than phlebetomy.
