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Serological Evidence of Soil‐Transmitted Helminth Infections as a Potential Risk for Severity in Leprosy Patients

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, Augusto César Parreiras de Jesus, Ramayana Morais de Medeiros Brito, Jordânia Costa‐Pinto, Tatyane Martins Cirilo, José Bryan Rihs, Marcelo Eduardo Cardozo, Lilian Lacerda Bueno, Luisa Mourão Dias Magalhães, Ricardo Toshio Fujiwara   +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, Michael Olubusayo Binuyo, Callixte Cyuzuzo, Acsa Igizeneza, Jean Paul Sinumvayo, Oluwaremilekun Grace Ajakaye, Egie Elisha Enabulele, Zororo Chinwadzimba, Ezera Agwu, Nicholas Midzi   +9 more
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Encountering Meckel's diverticulum in emergency surgery for ascaridial intestinal obstruction

World Journal of Emergency Surgery, 2010
Background Meckel's diverticulum is the most common congenital anomaly of the gastrointestinal tract. In children with intestinal ascariasis, the diverticulum remains asymptomatic or rarely the Ascaris lumbricoides may lead to its complications in the ...
Amin Abid, Wani Muddasir, Wani Shadab, Naikoo Ghulam, Šnábel Viliam, Wani Imtiaz, Sheikh Tariq, Parray Fazal Q, Wani Rauf A   +8 more
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Soil Transmitted Helminth Infections and its Association with Haemoglobin Levels in India: A Meta-analysis [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2019
Introduction: Soil Transmitted Helminth (STH) infections affect some of the poorest countries in the world. India is one of the most severely affected countries by these parasitic infections. They primarily affect children by impairing nutritional status,
Nasir Salam, Mohammad Fareed
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Anthropometric indices in individuals infected with ascaris lumbericoids in Iran [PDF]

, 2009
Context: Ascaris Lumbericoids infection is more common in children and teenagers and in areas with poor sanitation or crowded living conditions.
Najafi, M., Rajaei, S., Roshandel, G., Sardarian, K.H., Taherkhani, H., Vahidinia, A.   +5 more
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Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography and endoscopic cystogastrostomy in very young children (aged <5 years): Feasibility, success, and safety

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, Arghya Samanta, Samir Mohindra, Vijay Datta Upadhyaya, Basant Kumar, Anshu Srivastava, Moinak Sen Sarma, Surender Kumar Yachha   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Patent Landscape of Helminth Vaccines and Related Technologies [PDF]

, 2013
Executive Summary This report focuses on patent landscape analysis of technologies related to vaccines targeting parasitic worms, also known as helminths.
Burke, Rayna, Cavicchi, Jon R., Kowalski, Stanley P., Michaud-King, Jillian, Schroeder, John   +4 more
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European guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of pancreatic exocrine insufficiency: UEG, EPC, EDS, ESPEN, ESPGHAN, ESDO, and ESPCG evidence‐based recommendations

United European Gastroenterology Journal, Volume 13, Issue 1, Page 125-172, February 2025.
Abstract Pancreatic exocrine insufficiency (PEI) is defined as a reduction in pancreatic exocrine secretion below the level that allows the normal digestion of nutrients. Pancreatic disease and surgery are the main causes of PEI. However, other conditions and upper gastrointestinal surgery can also affect the digestive function of the pancreas. PEI can
J. Enrique Dominguez‐Muñoz, Miroslav Vujasinovic, Daniel de la Iglesia, Djuna Cahen, Gabriele Capurso, Natalya Gubergrits, Peter Hegyi, Pali Hungin, Johann Ockenga, Salvatore Paiella, Lukas Perkhofer, Vinciane Rebours, Jonas Rosendahl, Roberto Salvia, Isabelle Scheers, Andrea Szentesi, Stefanos Bonovas, Daniele Piovani, J. Matthias Löhr, on behalf of the European PEI Multidisciplinary Group, Hana Algül, Livia Archibugi, Marianna Arvanitakis, Sorin Barbu, Georg Beyer, Mihailo Bezmarevic, Frank Bodewes, Marja A. Boermeester, Dmitry Bordin, Marco Bruno, Güralp Ceyhan, Laszlo Czako, Ferdinando D'Amico, Enrique De Madaria, Julian De Martino, Pierre H. Deprez, Christos Dervenis, Petr Dité, Asbjørn Drewes, Sinead N. Duggan, Deniz Duman, Trond Engjom, Nils Ewald, Ovidiu Fabian, Pierluigi Fracasso, Helmut Friess, Jens Brøndum Frøkjær, Luca Frulloni, Sebastien Gaujoux, Cristian Gheorghe, Sophie Gohy, Philip Hardt, Truls Hauge, Andrew Hopper, Julio Iglesias‐Garcia, Jutta Keller, Mariia Kiriukova, Jörg Kleeff, Alexander Kleger, Andrea Laghi, José Larino‐Noia, Johanna Laukkarinen, John Leeds, Björn Lindkvist, Etna Masip, Giovanni Marchegiani, Amir Mari, Emma Martinez‐Moneo, Julia Mayerle, Anders Molven, Alexey Okhlobystin, Nikola Panic, Andrea Parniczky, Raffaele Pezzilli, Mary Phillips, Goran Poropat, Jelena Rakic Matic, Keith Roberts, Stuart Robinson, Vasile Sandru, Alain Sauvanet, Alexander Schneider, Oleg Shvets, Serena Stigliano, Davor Stimac, Oliver Strobel, Hester Timmerhuis, Mihaela Udrescu, Szilard Vancsa, Vicki Veness, Michael Wilschanski, Heiko Witt   +91 more
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Evaluation of the effectiveness of the treatment of intestinal ascariasis in children

Aktualʹnaâ Infektologiâ, 2019
Background. Parasitic diseases remain one of the most common types of pathology in the XXI century and are a medical and social problem. Of the identified helminths, 90 % of cases occur in the pediatric population.
T.V. Sorokman, P.M. Moldovan
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Zoonotic Host Richness in the Global Wildland–Urban Interface

Global Change Biology, Volume 31, Issue 2, February 2025.
In the wildland–urban interface (WUI), where human settlements abut or intermix with wildlands, people may encounter animals that host zoonotic pathogens, which can spillover to cause human disease. We map the distribution of zoonotic hosts in the global WUI and show that large populations in tropical low–middle‐income countries (LMICs) are potentially
Rohan D. Simkin, Barbara A. Han, Volker C. Radeloff, Shannon LaDeau, Franz Schug, Karen C. Seto   +5 more
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