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Ethnobotanical survey, anthelmintic effects and cytotoxicity of plants used for treatment of helminthiasis in the Central and Kara regions of Togo

BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, 2020
Background Traditional medicines are the main source of treatment of helminthiasis in endemic areas of Togo. The present study aimed to investigate the plants used by Traditional healers (THs) to treat helminth infections in endemic communities within ...
Essoham Ataba, G. Katawa, M. Ritter, Adjoa Holali Ameyapoh, K. Anani, O. M. Amessoudji, P. E. Tchadié, Tchadjabo Tchacondo, K. Batawila, Y. Ameyapoh, A. Hoerauf, L. Layland, S. Karou   +12 more
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Predictors of Anaemia Among Young Children Receiving Daily Micronutrient Powders (MNPs) for 24 Weeks in Bangladesh: A Secondary Analysis of the Zinc in Powders Trial

Maternal &Child Nutrition, Volume 21, Issue 3, July 2025.
Micronutrient powders (MNPs) are recommended by the World Health Organization to address and prevent anaemia among children in nutritionally vulnerable settings with a high prevalence of anaemia (> 40%); however, following a 24‐week intervention of daily MNP provision among young Bangladeshi children, anaemia was associated with factors related to ...
Lauren Thompson, Charles Arnold, Janet Peerson, Julie M. Long, Jamie L. E. Westcott, M. Munirul Islam, Robert E. Black, Nancy F. Krebs, Christine M. McDonald   +8 more
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Appropriateness of Antibiotic Prescription Among Children Under 5 Years: A Cross‐Sectional Study in a Ghanaian Regional Hospital

Health Science Reports, Volume 8, Issue 5, May 2025.
ABSTRACT Background and Aim Misuse of medications, particularly antibiotics, severely impacts the standard of care and can result in antibiotic resistance. Antibiotic resistance is a growing problem in Ghana, compromising patient outcomes. This study aims to assess antibiotic prescription pattern and level of inappropriateness based on Standard ...
Beatrice Obour, Glover Asiedu Appiah, Emmanuel Ayitey Tagoe, Harriet Affran Bonful   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gastrointestinal helminthiasis presenting with acute diarrhoea and constipation: report of two cases with a second pathology. [PDF]

, 2010
Gastrointestinal helminthiasis in developing countries contributes to malnutrition and anemia. Diagnosis and treatment of helminthiasis, especially with low worm load is an unmet public health need in such settings.
Beg, M. A., Malik, E. Z., Malik, F. N., Shakoor, Sadia, Sobani, Z. A.   +4 more
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Patent Human Infections with the Whipworm, Trichuris trichiura, Are Not Associated with Alterations in the Faecal Microbiota [PDF]

, 2013
Background: The soil-transmitted helminth (STH), Trichuris trichiura colonises the human large intestine where it may modify inflammatory responses, an effect possibly mediated through alterations in the intestinal microbiota.
A Olsen, AJ Bancroft, AL Kau, AL Moncayo, Alan W. Walker, AW Walker, C De Filippo, C Quince, CA Figueiredo, DA Bundy, EG Zoetendal, EK Costello, GD Wu, H Sokol, J Bethony, J Maukonen, JL Shin, Jorge Reyes, JS Crowther, Julian Parkhill, KS Hayes, LC Rodrigues, LS Mansfield, M Reina Ortiz, Maritza Vaca, Martha Chico, MI Bahl, MJ Broadhurst, MP Bryant, N Segata, P Endara, P Steinmann, PB Eckburg, PD Schloss, Philip Cooper, RW Li, RW Li, RW Summers, RW Summers, S Wu, ST Walk, Stefan Bereswill, Susannah J. Salter, T Yatsunenko, TT MacDonald, VB Young, Y Suputtamongkol   +46 more
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Risk of Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis among Agrarian Communities of Kogi State, Nigeria

bioRxiv, 2019
Soil-transmitted helminths (STH) have remained a major threat to human especially children in developing countries including Nigeria. Interventions have always been geared towards school-aged children, neglecting preschool-aged children and occupational ...
Joy T. Anunobi, I. Okoye, I. Aguzie, Yvonne E Ndukwe, O. J. Okpasuo   +4 more
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Human toxocariasis: a seroepidemiological survey in schoolchildren of Sorocaba, Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2004
A seroepidemiological survey for toxocariasis, among 180 schoolchildren of the public schools of Sorocaba City, state of São Paulo, Brazil, was carried out from August 2000 to July 2001. ELISA test was performed using excretory and secretory antigens for
Lina MPS Coelho, Marcos V Silva, Carlos Y Dini, Alcides A Giacon Neto, Neil F Novo, Edilene PR Silveira   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence and Associated Factors of Schistosoma mansoni and Other Intestinal Helminthes Co‐Infection Among Malaria Positive Patients in Malaria Endemic Areas of Northeast, Ethiopia: A Cross‐Sectional Study

Health Science Reports, Volume 8, Issue 2, February 2025.
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Schistosoma mansoni and malaria share a similar epidemiological distribution or co‐endemicity. Co‐infection are a global public health burden where epidemiological evidence is crucial to taking evidence‐based intervention. Thus, the aim of this study was to assess the prevalence and associated factors of Schistosoma mansoni
Yeshi Metaferia, Abdurahaman Seid, Genet Molla Fenta, Daniel Gebretsadik Weldehanna, Aderaw Adamu, Alemu Gedefie   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Should we be treating animal schistosomiasis in Africa? The need for a One Health economic evaluation of schistosomiasis control in people and their livestock [PDF]

, 2017
A One Health economic perspective allows informed decisions to be made regarding control priorities and/or implementation strategies for infectious diseases. Schistosomiasis is a major and highly resilient disease of both humans and livestock.
Gower, C M, Vince, L, Webster, J P
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Food Safety in Developing Countries: Common Foodborne and Waterborne Illnesses, Regulations, Organizational Structure, and Challenges of Food Safety in the Context of Nepal

Food Frontiers, Volume 6, Issue 1, Page 86-123, January 2025.
Food safety presents a global challenge, contributing to 600 million cases of foodborne diseases and 420,000 fatalities annually worldwide. A multisectoral One Health approach involving collaboration among government agencies, food industry stakeholders, consumers, and civil society organizations is imperative to enhance food safety in developing ...
Deepak Subedi, Madhav Paudel, Sandesh Poudel, Niranjan Koirala   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source