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A call to strengthen the global strategy against schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis: the time is now. [PDF]

Lancet. Infectious Diseases (Print), 2016
In 2001, the World Health Assembly (WHA) passed the landmark WHA 54.19 resolution for global scale-up of mass administration of anthelmintic drugs for morbidity control of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis, which affect more than 1·5 ...
Addiss, David G, Andrews, Jason R, Bendavid, Eran, Bogoch, Isaac I, Bustinduy, Amaya L, Colley, Daniel G, Coulibaly, Jean T, Evans, Darin S, Fenwick, Alan, Hotez, Peter J, King, Charles H, Lin, William, Lo, Nathan C, Molyneux, David, Raso, Giovanna, Savioli, Lorenzo, Stothard, J Russell, Utzinger, Jürg   +17 more
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Surgical Helminthiasis of the Biliary Tract*

Annals of Surgery, 1960
ROBERT D. PHILLIPS, YUNE HEUN YUNG
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Precision mapping of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis among school age children at the coastal region, Kenya

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2023
Background Accurate mapping of schistosomiasis (SCH) and soil transmitted helminths (STH) is a prerequisite for effective implementation of the control and elimination interventions.
Stella Kepha, Duncan Ochol, Florence Wakesho, W. Omondi, S. Njenga, K. Njaanake, J. Kihara, S. Mwatha, Chrisistosom Kanyi, J. Oloo, Paul Kibati, E. Yard, Laura J Appleby, K. McRae-McKee, M. Odiere, S. Matendechero   +15 more
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Prevalence, intensity and endemicity of intestinal schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis and its associated factors among school-aged children in Southern Ethiopia

Scientific Reports, 2022
Preventive chemotherapy (PC), the main strategy recommended by the World Health Organization to eliminate soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH) and schistosomiasis (SCH), should be strengthened through identification of the remaining SCH transmission foci
Z. Zerdo, H. Bastiaens, S. Anthierens, F. Massebo, Matewos Masne, Gelila Biresaw, Misgun Shewangizaw, Abayneh Tunje, Yilma Chisha, Tsegaye Yohannes, J. Van geertruyden   +10 more
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Precision and geographical prevalence mapping of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis among school-aged children in selected districts of north-western Tanzania

Parasites & Vectors, 2022
Background The identification and mapping of at-risk populations at a lower administrative level than the district are prerequisites for the planning, resource allocation and design of impactful control intervention measures.
H. Mazigo, M. Zinga, Stella Kepha, E. Yard, Kevin McRee-Mckee, George Kabona, Deogratias D. Ngoma, A. Nshala   +7 more
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Soil-transmitted helminthiasis and undernutrition among schoolchildren in Mettu town, Southwest Ethiopia

Scientific Reports, 2022
Soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STHs) and undernutrition are common health problems in developing countries. Several reports showed that STH and undernutrition are often associated.
Solomon Yeshanew, Teshome Bekana, Zemenay Truneh, Melaku Tadege, Embiet Abich, Habtamu Dessie   +5 more
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Correlation of Total IgE Level and Intensity of Infection among Soil Transmitted Helminthiasis Farmers in Klungkung Regency, Bali, Indonesia

Folia Medica Indonesiana, 2021
The phenomena of increasing total IgE level in Soil Transmitted Helminthiasis and its protective role in resistance of infection remains unclear. The purpose of this study was to determine the correlation between total IgE and the intensity of Soil ...
Putu Indah Budi Apsari, Heny Arwati, Yoes Prijatna Dachlan   +2 more
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High infection rates for onchocerciasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis in children under five not receiving preventive chemotherapy: a bottleneck to elimination

Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2022
Background The current mainstay for control/elimination of onchocerciasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH) relies on ivermectin- and mebendazole/albendazole-based preventive chemotherapies.
H. Nana-Djeunga, Linda Djune-Yemeli, A. Domché, Cyrille Donfo-Azafack, Arnauld Efon-Ekangouo, Cédric G Lenou-Nanga, Narcisse Nzune-Toche, Yves Aubin Balog, J. Bopda, Stève Mbickmen-Tchana, Tirumalaisamy P. Velavan, Véronique Penlap-Beng, F. Ntoumi, J. Kamgno   +13 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Stunting as a Risk Factor of Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis in Children: A Literature Review

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases, 2022
As a high-burden neglected tropical disease, soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections remain a major problem in the world, especially among children under five years of age.
Nisa Fauziah, Muhammad Abdurrahman Ar-Rizqi, Sofia Hana, Nurul Mufliha Patahuddin, Ajib Diptyanusa   +4 more
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Epidemiology of soil-transmitted helminthiasis and associated malnutrition among under-fives in conflict affected areas in southern Ethiopia

Tropical Medicine and Health, 2022
Background Globally, there were about 50.8 million internally displaced people in 2020, of whom 42% were in sub-Saharan Africa. In areas where there are conflicts, the humanitarian emergency makes infectious disease management extremely complex.
Gosa Ebrahim Geleto, T. Kassa, B. Erko
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