Characterization of Ascaris from Ecuador and Zanzibar [PDF]
To shed light on the epidemiology of ascariasis in Ecuador and Zanzibar, 177 adult worms retrieved by chemo-expulsion from either people or pigs were collected, measured and subjected to polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (
A.M. Sparks +9 more
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Patent Human Infections with the Whipworm, Trichuris trichiura, Are Not Associated with Alterations in the Faecal Microbiota [PDF]
Background: The soil-transmitted helminth (STH), Trichuris trichiura colonises the human large intestine where it may modify inflammatory responses, an effect possibly mediated through alterations in the intestinal microbiota.
A Olsen +46 more
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Ascariasis complicada en un hospital infantil de referencia en Cartagena-Colombia.
Introducción: la infección por Ascaris lumbricoides compromete ampliamente a países subdesarrollados como Colombia, afectando a grupos poblacionales vulnerables, especialmente a la población pediátrica. Hasta una quinta parte de los pacientes pediátricos
Joulen Mo Carrascal +3 more
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GEOGRAPHY OF ASCARIASIS IN BELARUS: SOCIOCULTURAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL ISSUES (Part 1)
Objective of research: The analysis of spatial distribution of ascariasis among the population in different regions of therepublic ofBelarus with respect to anthropological and cultural aspects.
S. V. Kandrychyn
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The burden of neglected tropical diseases in Ethiopia, and opportunities for integrated control and elimination [PDF]
Background: Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are a group of chronic parasitic diseases and related conditions that are the most common diseases among the 2·7 billion people globally living on less than US$2 per day.
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School-Based Deworming Program Yields Small Improvement in Growth of Zanzibari School Children After one Year. [PDF]
Efficacy trials of antihelminthic therapies conducted in Africa have reported improvements in children's growth, but nutritional evaluations of large-scale deworming programs are lacking.
Albonico +29 more
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Background. To acquaint readers with the clinical case of the digestive organs ascariasis diognostics during esophagogastroduodenoscopy, the features of pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, treatment and diagnosis methods. Results.
E. G. Feoktistova +2 more
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Ascariasis Presenting as Hematoma in the Sigmoid Mesocolon: A Case Report
Ascariasis is an intestinal disease caused by Ascaris lumbricoides. Most patients with ascariasis are asymptomatic; however, the presence of many larvae in the bowel can cause gastrointestinal complications, such as intestinal obstruction, obstructive ...
Ji-Eun Kim +7 more
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The impact assessment of environmental factors on ascariasis incidence [PDF]
In order to make effective managerial decisions regarding sanitary-epidemiological and preventive measures, the environmental factors potentially affecting the ascariasis epidemic process in the Vladimir region (Russia) have been searched.
Martsev Anton
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Seroprevalence of toxocariasis in children aged 1-9 years in western Islamic Republic of Iran, 2003 [PDF]
We determined the seroprevalence of Toxocara canis infection in 544 children under 10 years randomly selected from urban and rural areas of Hamadan, An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was used for detection of antibodies to T.
Azimi, A., Fallah, M., Taherkhani, H.
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