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Tackling Worm Infestations with a Multifactorial Approach in the 21st century: An Indian Perspective [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2020 Soil-Transmitted Helminths (STH) or geohelminths are an important cause of morbidity worldwide. A large proportion of the infection burden occurs in India, including STH infections due to roundworms (Ascaris lumbricoides), whipworms (Trichuris trichura)
KRUNAL DALAL +4 more
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Persistent Ascaris Transmission Is Possible in Urban Areas Even Where Sanitation Coverage Is High
Environmental Science and Technology, 2022 In low-income, urban, informal communities lacking sewerage and solid waste services, onsite sanitation (sludges, aqueous effluent) and child feces are potential sources of human fecal contamination in living environments. Working in informal communities
D. Capone +12 more
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Epidemiological Aspects of Ascariasis and Associated Risk Factors Among Primary School Children in Lambata Community, Niger State, Nigeria During 2019-2020 [PDF]
Journal of Health Sciences and Surveillance System, 2021 Background: Ascaris worm, as one of the commonest helminthic infections, constitutes a major public health challenge and concern in the majority of developing countries.
Gideon. I.A. Okoroiwu
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Small RNA pathways in the nematode Ascaris in the absence of piRNAs
Nature Communications, 2022 Small RNA pathways play key and diverse regulatory roles in C. elegans , but our understanding of their conservation and contributions in other nematodes is limited. We analyzed small RNA pathways in the divergent parasitic nematode Ascaris.
M. Zagoskin +4 more
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Genomics of the Parasitic Nematode Ascaris and Its Relatives
Genes, 2021 Nematodes of the genus Ascaris are important parasites of humans and swine, and the phylogenetically related genera (Parascaris, Toxocara, and Baylisascaris) infect mammals of veterinary interest. Over the last decade, considerable genomic resources have
Jianbin Wang
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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2021 Background The treatment coverage of control programs providing benzimidazole (BZ) drugs to eliminate the morbidity caused by soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) is unprecedently high.
S. Roose +17 more
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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2021 Ascariasis is one of the most common infections in the world and associated with significant global morbidity. Ascaris larval migration through the host’s lungs is essential for larval development but leads to an exaggerated type-2 host immune response ...
Yifan Wu +9 more
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Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2021 The Ascaris roundworms (Ascaridida: Nematoda), one of the commonest soil-transmitted helminths (STHs), can cause ascariasis with significant socioeconomic and public health impact. In this study, the mitochondrial genome of Ascaris ovis, a representative
Yijun Chen +6 more
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Journal of Water and Health, 2023 The study estimated the risk due to Cryptosporidium, Giardia, and Ascaris, associated with non-potable water reuse in the city of Jaipur, India. The study first determined the exposure dose of Cryptosporidium, Giardia, and Ascaris based on various ...
Ayushi Chaudhary +6 more
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Microbial pollution in inland recreational freshwaters of Quetta, Pakistan: an initial report
Journal of Water and Health, 2022 Parasitic contamination of surface waters, especially recreational waters, is a serious problem for under-developed nations like Pakistan, where numerous outbreaks of parasitic diseases are reported each year.
Muhammad Luqman +5 more
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