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The Half-life of Ascaris lumbricoides Prevalence in Japanese School Children [PDF]

, 2008
In the present study, we examined the dynamic of school-health-based parasite control and the related socio-economic influences. This is an ecological study based on data from 46 prefectures in Japan.
Ito, Takehiko, Kurosawa, Carmen Miwa, Ogino, Keiki, Takaki, Jiro, Takigawa, Tomoko, Wang, Bing-Ling, Wang, Da-Hong   +6 more
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Prevalence and Associated Factors of Intestinal Parasitic Infections and Undernutrition Among Elementary School Children in Zenzelima Town, Northwest Ethiopia: A School‐Based Cross‐Sectional Study

Health Science Reports, Volume 8, Issue 7, July 2025.
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Intestinal parasites and malnutrition are major public health challenges in Ethiopia, highlighting the need for local epidemiological data to inform effective prevention and intervention strategies. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infection, undernutrition, and their associated risk factors
Abera Ademasu Birhanu, Mulat Yimer, Habtu Debash, Megbaru Alemu Abate   +3 more
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Ascaris lumbricoides Discharge from the Mouth

Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 2018
A 68-year-old Japanese man presented with Ascaris lumbricoides discharge from his mouth. The infection was suspected to have occurred while the patient was in the Philippines. This A.
Yuya Kobayashi, Jun Tsuyuzaki
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Aspectos imunológicos na infecção por Ascaris lumbricoides [PDF]

, 2014
Dissertação para obtenção do grau de Mestre no Instituto Superior de Ciências da Saúde Egas MonizAscaris lumbricoides é um parasita, geo-helminta, a sua prevalência é maior em zonas quentes e húmidas, em que as condições de saneamento e higiene são ...
Vaz, Ana Catarina Rodrigues Lopes
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Factors Affecting Food Handling Practices Among Food Handlers at Food Establishments in Mogadishu, Somalia: A Cross‐Sectional Study

Health Science Reports, Volume 8, Issue 7, July 2025.
ABSTRACT Background and Aim Foodborne diseases pose serious health challenges in developing countries like Somalia, contributing to high rates of illness and death due to inadequate food safety practices, poor sanitation conditions, ineffective regulatory systems, and a lack of educational resources for food handlers.
Walid Abdulkadir Osman, Saeed Mohamed Saeed, Hassan Muse Ahmed, Qali Ahmed Nageye, Mahad Abdi Malin, Abdullahi Ahmed Hassan   +5 more
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Deadly Decomposers: Distinguishing Life History Strategies on the Parasitism‐Saprotrophy Spectrum

Ecology Letters, Volume 28, Issue 6, June 2025.
Despite being widespread, common, and important to medicine and agriculture, parasitic decomposers are poorly understood. Drawing on literature spanning bacteria to animals, we show that these deadly decomposers follow similar life history strategies regardless of taxon. We define four such strategies, providing diverse biological examples and deriving
Daniel C. G. Metz, Kelly L. Weinersmith, Alexis S. Beagle, Rudra M. Dixit, Christina G. Fragel, Clayton E. Cressler   +5 more
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The application of proteomic methods (MALDI-toff MS) for studying protein profiles of some nematodes (dirofilaria and ascaris) for differentiating species

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2019
Introduction: Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-toff MS) is a reliable method for diagnosing a number of bacterial and fungal infections.
Sergey Andreevich Nagorny, Anna Valentinovna Aleshukina, Iraida Sergeevna Aleshukina, Larisa Alexandrovna Ermakova, Natalia Yurievna Pshenichnaya   +4 more
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Colecistite aguda por ascaris lumbricoides

Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões
Biliary’s ascariasis is the most often ectopic site of this helminthiasis, but invasion of the worms into the gallbladder is quite rare. The autors report a case of a patient with clinical symptoms, compatible with cholecystitis induced by the worm, as ...
Amauri Clemente da Rocha, Severino Lourenço da Silva Júnior, Rodrigo Fernando Lourenço de Amorim   +2 more
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Parasitas intestinais em centros de educação infantil municipal de Lages, SC, Brasil Intestinal parasites in nursey schools of Lages, southern Brazil

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2004
Infecção por enteroparasitas foi avaliada em 200 crianças em idade escolar, residentes em Lages. A prevalência geral entre helmintos e protozoários foi de 70,5% com 61,4% no sexo masculino e 74,5% no feminino.
Rosiléia Marinho de Quadros, Sandra Marques, Andréia Aparecida Ribeiro Arruda, Patrícia Simone Wolff Rosa Delfes, Íris Aparecida Azevedo Medeiros   +4 more
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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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