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School-Based Deworming Program Yields Small Improvement in Growth of Zanzibari School Children After one Year. [PDF]
, 1997 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.
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The Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology, 2011 Gallbladder ascariasis is rarely encountered. The causative agent is Ascaris lumbricoides. Presence of ascaris inside the gallbladder can incite acalculous cholecystitis. We aimed in this report to study gallbladder ascariasis.This is a case study of 28 patients with a diagnosis of gallbladder ascariasis from 2005 to 2010 who were seen in the ...
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Tropical Medicine &International Health, Volume 30, Issue 10, Page 1115-1123, October 2025.ABSTRACT Leprosy presents a broad clinical spectrum influenced by the host's immune response, and co‐infections may further modulate disease progression. This study evaluated clinically diagnosed leprosy patients (n = 251) from Sergipe and Minas Gerais, Brazil, along with healthy controls (n = 43), soil‐transmitted helminths‐positive controls (n = 15),
Ana Laura Grossi de Oliveira +9 more
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The Burden of Neglected Tropical Diseases in Rwanda: A Scoping Review
Health Science Reports, Volume 8, Issue 8, August 2025.ABSTRACT Background and Aims Rwanda is among the African countries affected by neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). This scoping review aims to synthesize available information to understand the prevalence, incidence, distribution, morbidity, mortality, and risk factors of NTDs in Rwanda.
Masceline Jenipher Mutsaka‐Makuvaza +9 more
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IP and the Global Public Interest: Challenges and Opportunities [PDF]
, 2007 [Excerpt from article] Intellectual property (IP) capacity is essential for economic development, particularly as countries transition into the higher technology sectors, for example biotechnology.
Cavicchi, Jon R., Kowalski, Stanley P.
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Ascaris lumbricoides: To Expect the Unexpected during a Routine Colonoscopy
Case Reports in Medicine, 2013 Ascaris lumbricoides is a common nematode infecting humans worldwide with increased prevalence in tropical and subtropical areas of less developed countries.
Kalyan Kanneganti +2 more
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FEATURES OF ELEMENTAL COMPOSITION IN SCHOOLCHILD WITH ASCARIASIS
Детские инфекции (Москва), 2018 Objective: to study the features of elemental composition in schoolchildren with ascariasis and to compare the revealed features with clinical manifestations of invasion.Materials and methods: 43 children (7 — 18 years) with ascariasis (diagnostics was ...
I. A. Lokhmatova
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Seroprevalence of toxocariasis in children aged 1-9 years in western Islamic Republic of Iran, 2003 [PDF]
, 2007 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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An alien in the gallbladder. A rare case of biliary ascariasis in an Italian emergency department
Emergency Care Journal, 2016 Ascariasis is a common infection in many developing countries. The prevalence of ascariasis is related to poverty, poor hygienic and sanitary conditions.
Enrico Ferri +3 more
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DEN Open, Volume 5, Issue 1, April 2025.Abstract Objectives Paucity of data and concerns about potential lower effectiveness and more adverse events limit the use of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) and endoscopic cystogastrostomy in younger children even in high‐volume centers.
Ujjal Poddar +7 more
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