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Anaerobic digestion as a tool to eliminate animal parasites and weed seeds [PDF]

, 2011
Anaerobic digestion of residual materials from animals and crops offers an opportunity to simultaneously produce bioenergy and plant fertilizers at single farms and in farm communities where input substrate materials and resulting digested residues are ...
Andreasen, Christian, Carlsgart, Josefine, Hansen, Christian M., Johansen, Anders, Nielsen, Henrik Bangsø, Roepstorff, Allan   +5 more
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Evaluation of copromicroscopy, multiplex-qPCR and antibody serology for monitoring of human ascariasis in endemic settings.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
BackgroundThe standard diagnosis of Ascaris lumbricoides and other soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections relies on the detection of worm eggs by copromicroscopy.
Robert M Mugo, Sebastian Rausch, Zaneta D Musimbi, Christina Strube, Marie-Kristin Raulf, Olfert Landt, Paul M Gichuki, Friederike Ebner, Jedidah Mwacharo, Maurice R Odiere, Francis M Ndungu, Doris W Njomo, Susanne Hartmann   +12 more
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Hybrid and/or mixed infection by pig and human Ascaris in a Guarani indigenous village in southern Brazil.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
BackgroundAscaris lumbricoides and Ascaris suum are nematode parasites that infect millions of people and pigs worldwide, respectively. Reports of cross-infection and hybridization between the two species has stimulated molecular epidemiological studies ...
Veridiana Lenartovicz Boeira, Renata Coltro Bezagio, Marina Silva de Carvalho, Rinaldo Ferreira Gandra, Ana Paula de Abreu, Cristiano Lara Massara, Cristiane Maria Colli, Max Jean de Ornelas Toledo   +7 more
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Parasite problems in organic livestock and options for control [PDF]

, 2003
: Organic livestock production has increased dramatically in recent years in Europe and other parts of the world. The aim of producing livestock under more natural conditions has led to a reversion to primarily outdoor production systems and less ...
Roepstorff, Allan, Thamsborg, Stig Milan
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Prevalence & risk factors for soil transmitted helminth infection among school children in south India [PDF]

, 2014
Background & objectives: Soil-transmitted helminths (STH) are a major public health problem in tropical and sub-tropical countries, affecting the physical growth and cognitive development in schoolage children.
Ajjampur, Sitara Swarna Rao, Kang, Gagandeep, Kattula, Deepthi, Levecke, Bruno, Minz, Shantidani, Muliyil, Jayaprakash, Sarkar, Rajiv   +6 more
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Worldwide absence of canonical benzimidazole resistance-associated mutations within β-tubulin genes from Ascaris

Parasites & Vectors
Background The giant roundworm Ascaris is an intestinal nematode, causing ascariasis by infecting humans and pigs worldwide. Recent estimates suggest that Ascaris infects over half a billion people, with chronic infections leading to reduced growth and ...
Ben P. Jones, Kezia Kozel, Allen Jethro I. Alonte, Kennesa Klariz R. Llanes, Alexandra Juhász, Umer Chaudhry, Sara Roose, Peter Geldhof, Vicente Y. Belizario, Peter Nejsum, J. Russell Stothard, E. James LaCourse, Arnoud H. M. van Vliet, Vachel Gay V. Paller, Martha Betson   +14 more
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The impact of poor water quality on water users’ health: Final report [PDF]

Public health / Diseases / Surveys / Water quality / Tanks / Households / India / Hyderabad / Amber Cherevu / Nala ...
IWMI
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Ascaris infection. [PDF]

BMJ, 1977
A, Franklin, A, Marston
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Molecular paleoparasitological diagnosis of Ascaris sp. from coprolites: new scenery of ascariasis in pre-Colombian South America times

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2008
Paleoparasitological studies using microscopy showed that Ascarisand Trichuris trichiura are the human intestinal parasites most found in archaeological sites. However, in pre-Columbian South American archaeological sites, Ascaris is rare.
Daniela Leles, Adauto Araújo, Luiz Fernando Ferreira, Ana Carolina Paulo Vicente, Alena Mayo Iñiguez   +4 more
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RARE CASE OF ASCARIASIS DETECTED BY COLONOSCOPY ON THE BACKGROUND OF ELEVATED LEVELS OF FECAL CALPROTECTIN

Problems of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases
Introduction: The causative agents of ascariasis in humans are two species: Ascaris lumbricoides and Ascaris suum. For diagnosis, a fecal sample is most often examined.
Rumen Harizanov, Iskren Kaftandjiev, Iskra Rainova, Nina Tsvetkova   +3 more
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