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Food Contamination and Safety in Nigeria: A Systematic Synthesis of Heavy Metals, Microbial Pathogens, and Health Risk Metrics

Food Safety and Health, EarlyView.
This is an infographic driver of food contaminants and health effects. ABSTRACT Food safety remains a critical challenge in Nigeria due to rapid urbanization and weak regulatory enforcement. This systematic review synthesizes empirical evidence from 2015 to 2025 to characterize food contaminant profiles and associated human health risks in Nigeria ...
Cecilia Nwadiuto Obasi, Naomi A. Mogborukor, Baridoo Donatus Dooka, Polycarp Dauda Madaki, Chiara Frazzoli, Mohamed Haddad, Orish Ebere Orisakwe   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Helminth

, 2011
Strongyloides stercoralis, an intestinal nematode commonly known as the human threadworm, affects millions of people worldwide.(1) It is endemic in Southeast Asia, Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa, and parts of the southeastern USA.(2) In the USA, the highest prevalence rates are found in eastern Kentucky and rural Tennessee.
Grossman, Marc E., Fox, Lindy P., Kovarik, Carrie, Rosenbach, Misha   +3 more
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Soil-Transmitted Helminths Infections, Malnutrition and Anaemia Among Primary School Children in Same District [PDF]

, 2012
Soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) are major public health problems in several tropical and subtropical developing countries with poor socio-economic status.
Munisi, David Zadock
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Efficacy and reinfection with soil-transmitted helminths 18-weeks post-treatment with albendazole-ivermectin, albendazole-mebendazole, albendazole-oxantel pamoate and mebendazole [PDF]

, 2016
Preventive chemotherapy with albendazole or mebendazole is the current strategy to control soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections (i.e. Ascaris lumbricoides, hookworm and Trichuris trichiura). STH reinfections, in particular A.
Moser, Wendelin, Speich, Benjamin, Hattendorf, Jan, Keiser, Jennifer, Ali, Said M., Ame, Shaali M., Albonico, Marco   +6 more
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Safety of Prenatal Anti‐Infective Use and Offspring Outcomes: A Panoramic Assessment by Indication, Drug Class, and Exposure Characteristics

iMetaMed, EarlyView.
Based on the comprehensive, panoramic assessment of the safety of prenatal anti‐infective use across indications, drug classes, and exposure characteristics, potential safety signals associated with prenatal exposure to several widely used anti‐infective drug classes were identified, including macrolides, metronidazole, tetracyclines, sulfonamides ...
Wenling Wang, Yuezhen Li, Chunrong Liu, Chen Chen, Meng Chen, Lehana Thabane, Xin Sun, Jing Tan   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Helminth infections among rural schoolchildren in Southern Ethiopia: A cross-sectional multilevel and zero-inflated regression model.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2020
Although the prevalence of helminths infection among schoolchildren is known, there has been little progress in the application of count model for modelling the risk factors of helminths egg.
Hiwot Hailu Amare, Bernt Lindtjørn
doaj   +1 more source

Adaptive Immunity in Marsupials

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology, EarlyView.
Comparison of the marsupial and eutherian adaptive immune systems. ABSTRACT Marsupials diverged from eutherian mammals 125–160 million years ago. Although evolutionarily distinct, both groups of mammals can produce complex adaptive immune responses to antigens with several key differences.
Cassandra L. Jol, Hayley J. Stannard, Julie M. Old   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Detection of rodent-borne intestinal helminths infestation in North Sumatra, Indonesia: A potential public health concern

Public Health of Indonesia
Background:Studies indicate that approximately 75% of emerging infections in humans are zoonotic, originating from animals. Within the One Health framework, it is evident that recent global environmental changes have contributed to the widespread ...
Sunna Vyatra Hutagalung, Tengku Helvi Mardiani, Marina Yusnita Albar, Ahadi Kurniawan, Ledy Afrida Sinaga, Hidayatullah Nasution, Panusunan Hasibuan, April Hari Wardhana   +7 more
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Helminths, polyparasitism, and the gut microbiome in the Philippines

, 2020
Polyparasitism, involving soil-transmitted helminths. and Schistosoma blood flukes, is common in low to middle income countries. These helminths impact on the gut environment and can cause changes to the gut microbiome composition.
Mark Morrison, Geoffrey N. Gobert, Weerakoon, KG, Ross, Allen G, Gobert, Geoffrey N, Krause, Lutz, Olveda, Remigio M, Kosala G. Weerakoon, Catherine A. Gordon, Ross, AG, McManus, Donald P, Morrison, Mark, Krause, L, Remigio M. Olveda, Gordon, Catherine A, Donald P. McManus, Connor, Mairead C, Lutz Krause, Mairead C. Connor, Olveda, RM, Connor, MC, Gordon, CA, Weerakoon, Kosala G, Morrison, M, McManus, DP, Gobert, GN, Allen G. Ross   +26 more
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Effects of hygiene and defecation behavior on helminths and intestinal protozoa infections in Taabo, Côte d'Ivoire [PDF]

, 2013
Effect of community-led total sanitation and hygiene education to reduce the transmission of helminthiases and intestinal protozoa ...
Silué, Kigbafori D., Kouadio, Bernadette A., Eveline Hürlimann, Bassirou Bonfoh, Clarisse Houngbedji, Utzinger, Jürg, Yapi, Richard B., Kouassi Dongo, Kouadio Bernadette A., N’Goran Eliézer K., Utzinger Jürg, Richard B Yapi, Houngbedji Clarisse, Zouzou, Fabien, Dongo Kouassi, Bonfoh Bassirou, N'goran, Eliézer K., Jürg Utzinger, Houngbedji, Clarisse, Giovanna Raso, Ouattara Mamadou, Raso, Giovanna, Hürlimann Eveline, Kouassi, Dongo, Acka-Douabélé, Cinthia A., Bonfoh, Bassirou, Fabien Zouzou, Schmidlin, Thomas, Mamadou Ouattara, Cinthia A Acka-Douabélé, Yapi Richard B., Thomas Schmidlin, Bernadette A Kouadio, Silué Kigbafori D., Acka-Douabélé Cinthia A., Eliézer K N'Goran, Schmidlin Thomas, Ouattara, Mamadou, Hürlimann, Eveline, Kigbafori D Silué, Zouzou Fabien, Raso Giovanna   +41 more
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