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Health Science Reports, Volume 8, Issue 12, December 2025.ABSTRACT Background and Aims Gastrointestinal parasitism in wild animals at the human‐wildlife interface may be a warning concern both for wildlife health and human health. The current study was conducted to determine the prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites in humans and rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) in the Nilbarahi area, an area with ...
Sabina Chhetala +3 more
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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2017 Background Recommendations for soil-transmitted helminth (STH) control give a key role to deworming of school and pre-school age children with albendazole or mebendazole; which might be insufficient to achieve adequate control, particularly against ...
Adriana Echazú +12 more
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International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, Volume 171, Issue 3, Page 993-1007, December 2025.Abstract Anemia affects 32 million pregnant women globally, contributing annually to more than 115 000 maternal deaths and 591 000 perinatal deaths worldwide. Low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs) bear the highest burden of anemia in pregnancy, with nearly 50% of affected pregnant women. It is now 2025, which is WHO's target year for a 50% reduction
Akaninyene E. Ubom +9 more
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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2017 Background Inadequate nutrition; neglected topical diseases; and insufficient water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) are interrelated problems in schools in low-income countries, but are not routinely tackled together.
Jack E T Grimes +7 more
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A combined microfinance and training intervention can reduce HIV risk behaviour in young female participants. [PDF]
, 2008 OBJECTIVE: To assess effects of a combined microfinance and training intervention on HIV risk behavior among young female participants in rural South Africa.
Abramsky, Tanya +8 more
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Scientific Reports, 2019 Hookworms are one of the most prevalent and important parasites, infecting ~500 million people worldwide. Hookworm disease is among the leading causes of iron-deficiency anemia in the developing world and is associated with significant growth stunting ...
S. Pan +6 more
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The Aetiology of Elevated Total Serum Immunoglobulin E in Children
Acta Paediatrica, Volume 114, Issue 11, Page 2993-2999, November 2025.ABSTRACT Aim The paucity of real‐world data on the aetiology of elevated total serum immunoglobulin E (TS‐IgE) in children afflicts families and health care systems with diagnostic uncertainty. We explored a cohort of children with TS‐IgE levels over 1000 kU/L, focusing on the prevalence of atopic and non‐atopic conditions, the aetiology of extremely ...
Aliisa Ärölä +2 more
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The Pan African Medical Journal, 2015 The hookworm related Cutaneous Larva Migrans is a common disease present in the tropic and subtropical areas of the world. The disease is self limiting and would naturally resolve within weeks.
Neils Ben Quashie, Emmanuel Tsegah
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Hookworm infection in Amassoma Community in the Niger Delta, Nigeria
Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management, 2010 Studies on hookworm infection was conducted in Amassoma community, in the Niger Delta of Nigeria. Of the 4990 faecal samples examined by standard parasitological technique, 1740 (34.9%) samples were found to contain eggs of hookworm.
PI Agi, GDB Awi-Waadu
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Intestinal parasitic infections in schoolchildren in different settings of Côte d'Ivoire : effect of diagnostic approach and implications for control [PDF]
, 2012 BACKGROUND: Social-ecological systems govern parasitic infections in humans. Within the frame of assessing the accuracy of a rapid diagnostic test for Schistosoma mansoni in Cote d'Ivoire, three different endemicity settings had to be identified and ...
AS Stensgaard +49 more
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