Trichuris

"Trichuris" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A genus of nematode worms comprising the whipworms.

Descriptor ID	D014258
MeSH Number(s)	B01.050.500.500.294.100.275.780.628
Concept/Terms	Trichuris Trichuris Trichuri Trichocephalus Trichuris trichiura Trichuris trichiura Trichuris trichiuras trichiura, Trichuris

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Organisms [B]
Eukaryota [B01]
Animals [B01.050]
Invertebrates [B01.050.500]
Helminths [B01.050.500.500]
Nematoda [B01.050.500.500.294]
Adenophorea [B01.050.500.500.294.100]
Enoplida [B01.050.500.500.294.100.275]
Trichuroidea [B01.050.500.500.294.100.275.780]
Trichuris [B01.050.500.500.294.100.275.780.628]

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Year	Minor Topic	Total
2012	1	1
2019	1	1
2024	1	1
2025	1	1

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Banas V, Elfawal MA, Rosa BA, Mahoney M, Kauffman J, Goetz E, Chen P, Aroian RV, Mitreva M, Janetka JW. Discovery of Human PIM Kinase Inhibitors as a Class of Anthelmintic Drugs to Treat Intestinal Nematode Infections. ACS Infect Dis. 2025 Feb 14; 11(2):506-517.

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Elfawal MA, Goetz E, Kim Y, Chen P, Savinov SN, Barasa L, Thompson PR, Aroian RV. High-Throughput Screening of More Than 30,000 Compounds for Anthelmintics against Gastrointestinal Nematode Parasites. ACS Infect Dis. 2025 Jan 10; 11(1):104-120.

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Rosa BA, Snowden C, Martin J, Fischer K, Kupritz J, Beshah E, Supali T, Gankpala L, Fischer PU, Urban JF, Mitreva M. Whipworm-Associated Intestinal Microbiome Members Consistent Across Both Human and Mouse Hosts. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2021; 11:637570.

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Chen Z, Luo J, Li J, Kim G, Stewart A, Urban JF, Huang Y, Chen S, Wu LG, Chesler A, Trinchieri G, Li W, Wu C. Interleukin-33 Promotes Serotonin Release from Enterochromaffin Cells for Intestinal Homeostasis. Immunity. 2021 01 12; 54(1):151-163.e6.

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Yang A, Bakhtari N, Langdon-Embry L, Redwood E, Grandjean Lapierre S, Rakotomanga P, Rafalimanantsoa A, De Dios Santos J, Vigan-Womas I, Knoblauch AM, Marcos LA. Kankanet: An artificial neural network-based object detection smartphone application and mobile microscope as a point-of-care diagnostic aid for soil-transmitted helminthiases. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2019 08; 13(8):e0007577.

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Leroux LP, Nasr M, Valanparambil R, Tam M, Rosa BA, Siciliani E, Hill DE, Zarlenga DS, Jaramillo M, Weinstock JV, Geary TG, Stevenson MM, Urban JF, Mitreva M, Jardim A. Analysis of the Trichuris suis excretory/secretory proteins as a function of life cycle stage and their immunomodulatory properties. Sci Rep. 2018 10 29; 8(1):15921.

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Andreasen A, Petersen HH, Kringel H, Iburg TM, Skovgaard K, Dawson H, Urban JF, Thamsborg SM. Immune and inflammatory responses in pigs infected with Trichuris suis and Oesophagostomum dentatum. Vet Parasitol. 2015 Jan 30; 207(3-4):249-58.

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Ezeamama AE, McGarvey ST, Hogan J, Lapane KL, Bellinger DC, Acosta LP, Leenstra T, Olveda RM, Kurtis JD, Friedman JF. Treatment for Schistosoma japonicum, reduction of intestinal parasite load, and cognitive test score improvements in school-aged children. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2012; 6(5):e1634.

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Wu S, Li RW, Li W, Beshah E, Dawson HD, Urban JF. Worm burden-dependent disruption of the porcine colon microbiota by Trichuris suis infection. PLoS One. 2012; 7(4):e35470.

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Li RW, Wu S, Li W, Navarro K, Couch RD, Hill D, Urban JF. Alterations in the porcine colon microbiota induced by the gastrointestinal nematode Trichuris suis. Infect Immun. 2012 Jun; 80(6):2150-7.

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