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Socio-economic risk factors for intestinal helminthiases in selected endemic communities in Mindanao, the Philippines: a cross-sectional study

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background Parasitic neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) or ‘infectious diseases of poverty’ continue to affect the poorest communities in the world, including in the Philippines.
Vachel Gay V. Paller, Vicente Y. Belizario, Rico C. Ancog, Allen Jethro I. Alonte, Jasmine Renette D. Jimenez, Christina G. Corales, Billy P. Divina, Joaquin M. Prada, Martha Betson   +8 more
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A Natural Enzyme GOx‐MOF Cascade Complex Killing Zoonotic Parasite Trichinella spiralis by Energy Utilization Limitation and Generated Free Radicals

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Nanozymes offer promising alternatives to natural enzymes due to enhanced stability, tunable activity, and cost efficiency, demonstrating therapeutic potential against tumors, infections, and inflammatory disorders. Trichinella spiralis is an important pathogen, which globally prevalent foodborne zoonotic parasite.
Chuang Zhang, Xiaolei Liu, Zipei Zhang, Zhili Hao, Xu Geng, Ning Jiang, Mingyuan Liu, Zhengqiang Li, Chen Li, Ruofeng Yan   +9 more
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The incidence of pinworm (Enterobius vermicularis) in pre-school and school aged children in the Eastern Slovakia

Helminthologia, 2018
Helminth infections caused by Enterobius vermicularis have a cosmopolitan character and most often affect the paediatric pre-school and school age population. The presented study was conducted to determine the prevalence of E.
Dudlová A., Juriš P., Jarčuška P., Vasilková Z., Vargová V., Sumková M., Krčméry V.   +6 more
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Seroprevalence and Risk Factors of Toxocara spp. in Dogs, Cats, and Their Owners in the City of Villavicencio, Colombia: Interaction With the “One Health” Approach

Veterinary Medicine International, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Background Toxocara spp. is one of the most neglected zoonotic soil‐transmitted helminths worldwide, causing toxocariasis in humans. The objective of this study was to determine the seroprevalence of Toxocara spp. in dogs, cats, and their owners, the coprodiagnostic incidence in dogs and cats, the risk factors, and association with atopy in owners of ...
María Alejandra Velásquez Peña, Chaira Liz Angelica Vasquez-Turriago, Adolfo Vásquez-Trujillo, Dumar Alexander Jaramillo-Hernández, Lipi Buch   +4 more
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Monitoring of parasitic diseases in productive animals in the Samara region

Российский паразитологический журнал, 2019
The purpose of the research: to monitor the epizootic situation on parasitic diseases in productive animals in the Samara region using a database. materials and methods.
Yu. V. Limova, A. A. Glazunova, E. V. Korogodina, K. M. Sadov, P. V. Ilyasov   +4 more
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A research agenda for helminth diseases of humans: modelling for control and elimination. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2012
Mathematical modelling of helminth infections has the potential to inform policy and guide research for the control and elimination of human helminthiases. However, this potential, unlike in other parasitic and infectious diseases, has yet to be realised.
María-Gloria Basáñez, James S McCarthy, Michael D French, Guo-Jing Yang, Martin Walker, Manoj Gambhir, Roger K Prichard, Thomas S Churcher   +7 more
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Assessing the prevalence of schistosomiasis and strongyloidiasis in a tuberculosis clinic: the TB-TROPIcare study

Frontiers in Tropical Diseases
IntroductionIn recent years, Europe has experienced a significant flux of migrants, often hailing from regions endemic for schistosomiasis and strongyloidiasis, diseases frequently overshadowed by tuberculosis (TB) in healthcare priorities.
Camilla Genovese, Camilla Genovese, Marta Colaneri, Marta Colaneri, Simone Pagano, Simone Pagano, Marco Schiuma, Lucia Galli, Lucia Galli, Federico Fama, Federico Fama, Spinello Antinori, Spinello Antinori, Andrea Gori, Andrea Gori, Andrea Gori, Alessandro Torre   +16 more
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The State of Public Health in Somalia: Top 5 Challenges and Strategies for Improvement

Public Health Challenges, Volume 4, Issue 4, December 2025.
Somalia's public health system is severely strained by five interconnected challenges: inadequate WASH infrastructure, widespread malnutrition and food insecurity, high burden of infectious diseases, critical gaps in maternal and child health, and the rising prevalence of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs).
Yusuf Hared Abdi, Mohamed Sharif Abdi, Sharmake Gaiye Bashir, Naima Ibrahim Ahmed, Yakub Burhan Abdullahi   +4 more
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Women's Health and Empowerment for Sustainable Development: Linking Sanitation Burden and Agency in Asia and Africa

Sustainable Development, Volume 33, Issue 5, Page 7120-7147, October 2025.
ABSTRACT This paper aims to explore a research gap at the intersection of public health and empowerment literatures concerned with women's health‐related sanitation experiences and their sanitation‐specific agency. We shift focus from prevalent scholarly engagement with women's wellbeing as an outcome of their agency by asking an unexplored question in
Tanushree Bhan, Bethany A. Caruso, Sheela S. Sinharoy   +2 more
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FORECAST OF EPIZOOTIC SITUATION ON MAIN HELMINTHIASES IN RUSSIAN FEDERATION FOR THE YEAR 2016

Российский паразитологический журнал, 2016
The forecast of epizootic situation on main animal helminthiases in the Russian Federation in the year 2016 is presented. Regular monitoring of epizootic situation on main animal helminthiases allow to conclude that the development of epizootic process ...
V. V. Gorokhov, N. A. Samoylovskaya
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