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Liver abscess caused by Ascaris lumbricoides: case report

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2001
A case is reported of a woman who lived in a rural area with a chronic illness that consisted of weight loss and abdominal pain in the epigastrium and upper right quadrant.
Análida Elizabeth PINILLA, Myriam Consuelo LÓPEZ, Orlando RICAURTE, Blanca CASTILLO, Martha Isabel MURCIA, Rubén Santiago NICHOLLS, Sofía DUQUE, Luis Carlos OROZCO   +7 more
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Ascaris lumbricoides eggs or artefacts? A diagnostic conundrum

, 2021
Due to the presence of artefacts in stool samples, the copromicroscopic diagnosis of Ascaris lumbricoides is not always straightforward, particularly in the case of fertilized decorticated eggs.
Montresor, A., Maurelli, M. P., Cringoli, G., Cools, Piet, Gualdieri, L., Cools, P., Alves, L. C., Rinaldi, Laura, Levecke, B., Cociancic, Paola, Aggarwal, C. S., Maurelli, Maria Paola, Ianniello, D., Cociancic, P., Levecke, Bruno   +14 more
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Soil-transmitted helminth reinfection after drug treatment : a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: Soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections (i.e., Ascaris lumbricoides, hookworm, and Trichuris trichiura) affect more than a billion people. Preventive chemotherapy (i.e., repeated administration of anthelmintic drugs to at-risk populations),
Charles H. King (78462), Xiao-Nong Zhou (92570), King Charles H., Sara Melville (165920), King, C. H., Jia, T. W., Utzinger, J., Jürg Utzinger (39609), Zhou Xiao-Nong, Jia Tie-Wu, Sara Melville, Zhou, X. N., Charles H King, Utzinger Jürg, Tie-Wu Jia, Melville, S., Melville Sara, Xiao-Nong Zhou, Jürg Utzinger, Tie-Wu Jia (165917)   +19 more
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Maternal Geohelminth Infections Are Associated with an Increased Susceptibility to Geohelminth Infection in Children: A Case-Control Study [PDF]

, 2012
Background: Children of mothers infected with soil-transmitted helminths (STH) may have an increased susceptibility to STH infection. Methods and Findings: We did a case-control study nested in a birth cohort in Ecuador.
Martha Chico, Edward Mitre, Mitre Edward, Mehta, RS, Broncano, N, Chico Martha, Rodriguez, Alejandro, Fernanda Tupiza, Rodriguez, A, Mitre, E, Guadalupe, I, Alejandro Rodriguez, Guadalupe, Irene, Chico, Martha, Tupiza Fernanda, Sandoval, C, Nely Broncano, Mitre, Edward, Tupiza, F, Chico, M, Raaj S Mehta, Carlos Sandoval, Rodriguez Alejandro, Cooper Philip J., Tupiza, Fernanda, Mehta Raaj S., Sandoval, Carlos, Sandoval Carlos, Irene Guadalupe, Philip J Cooper, Broncano Nely, Mehta, Raaj S, Guadalupe Irene, Cooper, PJ, Cooper, Philip, Broncano, Nely   +35 more
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Effects of geohelminth infection and age on the associations between allergen-specific IgE, skin test reactivity and wheeze: a case-control study. [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: Most childhood asthma in poor populations in Latin America is not associated with aeroallergen sensitization, an observation that could be explained by the attenuation of atopy by chronic helminth infections or effects of age.
Oviedo, G, Platts-Mills, TA, Vaca, M., Workman, L. J., Platts-Mills, T. A. E., Barreto, M. L., Rodrigues, LC, Moncayo, A-L, Workman, LJ, Vaca, M, Chico, ME, Platts-Mills, TAE, Oviedo, G., Barreto, ML, Moncayo, AL, Rodrigues, L. C., Chico, M. E., Cooper, PJ, Cooper, Philip, Moncayo, A.-L.   +19 more
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Influence of nutrition on infection and re-infection with soil-transmitted helminths : a systematic review [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: The relationship between nutrition and soil-transmitted helminthiasis is complex and warrants further investigation. We conducted a systematic review examining the influence of nutrition on infection and re-infection with soil-transmitted ...
Steinmann, Peter, Peter Steinmann, Peiling Yap, Yap, Peiling, Utzinger, Jürg, Hattendorf, Jan, Jürg Utzinger, Jan Hattendorf   +7 more
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Impact of Long-Term Treatment with Ivermectin on the Prevalence and Intensity of Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections [PDF]

, 2008
Background Control of soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections relies on the periodic and long-term administration of anthelmintic drugs to high-risk groups, particularly school-age children living in endemic areas.
Oviedo, G, Leila Amorim, Silvia Erazo, Martha Chico, Padilla, M, Gisela Oviedo, Margarita Padilla, Eduardo Gomez, Rodriguez, A, Ana Lucia Moncayo, Alejandro Rodriguez, Raquel Lovato, Lovato, R, Chico, M, Isabel Quinzo, Quinzo, I, Vaca, M, Erazo, S, Amorim, L, Philip J Cooper, Barreto, ML, Maritza Vaca, Mauricio L Barreto, Gomez, E, Moncayo, AL, Cooper, PJ   +25 more
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Effect of Ascaris lumbricoides infection on T helper cell type 2 in rural Egyptian children [PDF]

, 2016
Naglaa M Shalaby,1 Nehad M Shalaby2 1Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, 2Mansoura University Children Hospital, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt Abstract: Ascaris lumbricoides is a neglected parasite that induces changes in host immune ...
Shalaby NM, Nehad Shalaby, Naglaa Shalaby   +2 more
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Environmental determinants of total IgE among school children living in the rural Tropics: importance of geohelminth infections and effect of anthelmintic treatment. [PDF]

, 2008
BACKGROUND: The environmental factors that determine the elevated levels of polyclonal IgE observed in populations living in the Tropics are poorly understood but may include geohelminth infections.
Cooper Philip J, Griffin, GE, Cooper, Philip J, Chico Martha E, Vaca, MG, Alexander Neal, Chico, ME, Benitez, Susana M, Ana-Lucia Moncayo, Vaca, Maritza G, Chico, Martha E, Benitez Susana M, Moncayo, Ana-Lucia, Alexander, N, Griffin, George E, Vaca Maritza G, Maritza G Vaca, Susana M Benitez, Neal Alexander, Martha E Chico, Griffin George E, Benitez, SM, Philip J Cooper, Alexander, Neal, Moncayo, AL, George E Griffin, Moncayo Ana-Lucia, Cooper, PJ   +27 more
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Quality control in the diagnosis of Trichuris trichiura and Ascaris lumbricoides using the Kato-Katz technique : experience from three randomised controlled trials [PDF]

, 2015
BackgroundAn accurate diagnosis of soil-transmitted helminthiasis is important for individual patient management, for drug efficacy evaluation and for monitoring control programmes.
Shaali M Ame, Marco Albonico, Jennifer Keiser, Utzinger, Jürg, Speich, Benjamin, Keiser, Jennifer, Benjamin Speich, Ali, Said M., Ame, Shaali M., Said M Ali, Albonico, Marco, Jürg Utzinger   +11 more
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