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Kecacingan, malaria, dan status besi ibu hamil di Kabupaten Batang Hari Provinsi Jambi

Jurnal Gizi Klinik Indonesia, 2009
Background: Anemia among pregnant women may increase abortion, premature, low birth weight and even mortality before and after delivery. Factors causing anemia in Indonesia are lack of Fe, inadequate intake, demanding needs, and lack of nutrient ...
Helfiyan Helfiyan, Hamam Hadi, Siti Helmyati   +2 more
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Are Ascaris lumbricoides and Ascaris suum a single species?

Parasites & Vectors, 2012
Since the original description and naming of Ascaris lumbricoides from humans by Linnaeus in 1758 and later of Ascaris suum from pigs by Goeze 1782, these species have been considered to be valid.
Leles Daniela, Gardner Scott L, Reinhard Karl, Iñiguez Alena, Araujo Adauto   +4 more
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Molecular Epidemiology of Ascariasis: A Global Perspective on the Transmission Dynamics of Ascaris in People and Pigs [PDF]

, 2014
Background The roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides infects 0.8 billion people worldwide, and Ascaris suum infects innumerable pigs across the globe. The extent of natural cross-transmission of Ascaris between pig and human hosts in different geographical ...
Bendall, R P, Betson, M, Copenhagen, Deb, R M, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Nejsum, P, Stothard, J R   +6 more
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Ascaris lumbricoides coinfection reduces tissue damage by decreasing IL-6 levels without altering clinical evolution of pulmonary tuberculosis or Th1/Th2/Th17 cytokine profile

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2019
INTRODUCTION: Immunological control of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection is dependent on the cellular immune response, mediated predominantly by Th1 type CD4+ T cells.
João Hugo Abdalla Santos, Samira Bührer-Sékula, Gisely Cardoso Melo, Marcelo Cordeiro-Santos, João Paulo Diniz Pimentel, Adriano Gomes-Silva, Allyson Guimarães Costa, Valeria Saraceni, Alda Maria Da-Cruz, Marcus Vinícius Guimarães Lacerda   +9 more
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Intestinal intussusception in an adult caused by helminthic parasitosis [PDF]

, 2016
Intestinal intussusception is an uncommon acute condition in adults and is most commonly caused by an intestinal tumor mass. Helminthic parasitosis is a widespread infection in Africa, and the load of worms is often high in individuals living in areas ...
Ciardi, Gaia, Ogwang, David M., Okello, Tom R., Opira, Cyprian, Pecorella, Irene   +4 more
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Characterization of Ascaris from Ecuador and Zanzibar [PDF]

, 2014
To shed light on the epidemiology of ascariasis in Ecuador and Zanzibar, 177 adult worms retrieved by chemo-expulsion from either people or pigs were collected, measured and subjected to polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (
A.M. Sparks, Arizono, Betson, C. Sandoval, Draper, G. Oviedo, J.R. Stothard, M. Betson, P.J. Cooper, Takata   +9 more
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Estimation of Ascaris infection risks in children under 15 from the consumption of wastewater-irrigated carrots [PDF]

, 2009
Ascaris lumbricoides, the large human roundworm, infects ,1,200 million people, with children under the age of 15 being particularly at risk. Monte Carlo quantitative microbial risk analyses were undertaken to estimate median Ascaris infection risks in
Mara, D.D., Sleigh, A.
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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.
Albonico, Albonico, Diggle, Ferguson, Hababu M. Chwaya, James M. Tielsch, Kruger, Latham, Lawless, Lorenzo Savioli, Marco Albonico, Must, Must, Rebecca J. Stoltzfus, Renganathan, Savioli, Savioli, Shiff, Stephenson, Stephenson, Stephenson, Stephenson, Stoltzfus, Stoltzfus, Warren, World Bank, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, World Health Organization Expert Committee   +29 more
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Ascaris lumbricoides: reinfection in children bearing an established worm burden

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 1991
To clarify the existance of reinfection in children bearing an established Ascaris lumbricoides infection, the authors evaluated the weight and the length of worms collected from ten cases of ascaridiasis.
Fausto E. Lima Pereira, Andrea P. Sampaio, Carlos Musso, Jane S. Castelo   +3 more
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Monitoreo de parásitos en efluentes domiciliarios Control of parasites in domestic sewage

Revista de Saúde Pública, 1999
OBJETIVO: Evaluar la presencia de parásitos en efluentes semisólidos y líquidos en distintas localidades de la Patagonia argentina considerando que ésta es una de las restricciones para su uso. MÉTODOS: Las muestras tomadas en 4 Plantas de Tratamiento de
Liliana Semenas, Norma Brugni, Gustavo Viozzi, Ana Kreiter   +3 more
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