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In our study, the numbers of mosquitoes carrying infective larvae, as detected by dissection, were insufficient to allow for an adequate statistical analysis of changes in infection prevalence.
Under these conditions apoptosis may result from the production of cytokines [ 1 ] , cell activation [ 2 3 4 ] , infective agents [ 5 ] and adverse responses to pharmaceuticals [ 6 7 ] . Depending on the agonist or eliciting milieu, apoptotic cell death is accompanied by the activation of various cell death pathways including caspases, ceramide, altered gene expression, mitochondrial dysfunction and consumption of ATP e.g., with DNA repair, that result in histone-associated DNA fragmentation [ 8 9 ] . Many of these cell death pathways are also associated with the secondary production of oxidants [ 10 ] which appears to contribute to the magnitude of cell death.
Hookworm infection is acquired by invasion of the infective larval stages through the skin (
Due to this, interpretation of colonic biopsies for intestinal A-GVHD may be a major diagnostic challenge especially for those not conversant with these findings [ 10 ] . Only a few studies have statistically evaluated the diagnostic significance of some histopathological features [ 6 ] . A-GVHD is treated with immunosuppression which may worsen an underlying infective condition.
Alternatively the infective stages may leave the alternative host and enter the definitive host through water or by active penetration of the skin.