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The mitochondrial genome of the sheep roundworm Ascaris ovis (Ascaridida: Nematoda) from Southwest China

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, Lidan Wang, Xuan Zhou, Renyong Tang, Yingxin Li, Yunjian Liu, Yue Xie   +6 more
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Distribuição espacial da infecção por Ascaris lumbricoides Spatial distribution of Ascaris lumbricoides infection

Revista de Saúde Pública, 2002
OBJETIVO: Estimar áreas de risco para a ocorrência de carga parasitária produzida pelo Ascaris lumbricoides, por meio da utilização de técnicas de geoprocessamento e análise geoestatística.
Mônica Rodrigues Campos, Luis Iván Ortiz Valencia, Bruno de Paula Menezes Drumond Fortes, Ricardo Cerqueira Campos Braga, Roberto de Andrade Medronho   +4 more
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The coverage and frequency of mass drug administration required to eliminate persistent transmission of soil-transmitted helminths [PDF]

, 2014
A combination of methods, including mathematical model construction, demographic plus epidemiological data analysis and parameter estimation, are used to examine whether mass drug administration (MDA) alone can eliminate the transmission of soil ...
Anderson, R, Truscott, James E., T. Deirdre Hollingsworth, Truscott, J, James Truscott, Roy Anderson, Anderson, Roy M., Hollingsworth, TD, Hollingsworth, T. Déirdre   +8 more
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Atividade de detergentes e desinfetantes sobre a evolução dos ovos de Ascaris lumbricoides Effects of detergents and disinfectants on the development of Ascaris lumbricoides eggs

Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2003
A infecção por Ascaris lumbricoides decorre da ingestão de ovos embrionados deste parasita, o que justifica a pesquisa de substâncias que tenham efeito deletério sobre estes ovos.
Cristiano Lara Massara, Rafaela Salgado Ferreira, Luiz Dias de Andrade, Henrique Leonardo Guerra, Omar dos Santos Carvalho   +4 more
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Effect of sanitation on soil-transmitted helminth infection : systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: In countries of high endemicity of the soil-transmitted helminth parasites Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura, and hookworm, preventive chemotherapy (i.e., repeated administration of anthelmintic drugs to at-risk populations) is the ...
Speich Benjamin, Jennifer Keiser, Robert Bos (188771), Speich, B., Keiser Jennifer, Benjamin Speich, Daniel Mäusezahl (188769), Keiser, J., Utzinger, J., Benjamin Speich (159922), Jürg Utzinger (39609), Kathrin Ziegelbauer (188765), Ziegelbauer, K., Ziegelbauer Kathrin, Utzinger Jürg, Mäusezahl, D., Kathrin Ziegelbauer, Daniel Mäusezahl, Mäusezahl Daniel, Bos, R., Jennifer Keiser (39606), Jürg Utzinger, Robert Bos, Bos Robert   +23 more
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Ascaridiose hepatica

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1935
The author describes a case of liver ascaridiasis in a girl, 1 year old, who also presented intestinal parasitism by 54 adult specimens pf Ascaris lumbricoides.
A. Penna de Azevedo
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Effect of Ascaris lumbricoides infection on T helper cell type 2 in rural Egyptian children

, 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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Effects of Video‐Based Health Education on Birth Outcomes and Anaemia Status of Mothers in Dirashe District South Ethiopia: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

Maternal &Child Nutrition, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Undernutrition and infections during pregnancy result in low birth weight (LBW) and maternal anaemia. Social behaviour change communication (SBCC) can promote recommended health practices, potentially improving maternal and neonatal outcomes.
Wanzahun Godana Boynito, Kidus Temesgen Worsa, Befikadu Tariku Gutema, Yordanos Gizachew Yeshitila, Godana Yaya Tessema, Tsegaye Yohanis, Stefaan De Henauw, Piet Cools, Bruno Levecke, Souheila Abbeddou   +9 more
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Impact of Long-Term Treatment with Ivermectin on the Prevalence and Intensity of Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections

, 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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Environmental interventions and the pattern of geohelminth infections in Salvador, Brazil. [PDF]

, 2004
This paper reports a longitudinal study, conducted in 1989/90, of 1893 children aged 5 to 14 years in 9 poor urban areas of the city of Salvador (population 2.44 million), capital of Bahia State in northeast Brazil.
Moraes, LRS, Cairncross, S
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