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Heterogeneity in transmission parameters of hookworm infection within the baseline data from the TUMIKIA study in Kenya. [PDF]

open access: yesParasit Vectors, 2019
Truscott JE   +12 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Soil-transmitted helminth infections among migrants and travelers: a 10-year retrospective study. [PDF]

open access: yesTrop Med Health
Blazquez-Bermejo I   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Hookworm infection in pregnancy

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1995
Hookworm infection is a recognized precipitating factor for iron deficiency anaemia (reviewed by SCHAD & WARREN 1990). In developing societies where hookworm infection is prevalent diets are marginal in quality and fertility rates are high it is probable that hookworm infection during pregnancy is a significant contributor to the burden of disease in ...
D A P Bundy, Lorenzo Savioli, M S Chan
exaly   +3 more sources

Hookworm Infection

Scientific American, 1995
It retards growth and intellectual development in millions of children yet is largely ignored by researchers. New findings suggest excellent possibilities for a vaccine.
P J, Hotez, D I, Pritchard
openaire   +2 more sources

Thiabendazole in hookworm infection

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1966
Abstract Thiabendazole was administered orally to 100 patients infected with hookworms. 60% harboured A. duodenale and 40% N. americanus. The mean ova count per gramme of faeces was 7178 ± 5166. 5 dosage schedules were tried, and therapeutic efficiency was assessed by finding out the percentage reduction in egg count. With 100 mg. per kg.
D V, Sabharwal   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Chemotherapy of hookworm infections

1982
Among the various helminth parasites which infect man, livestock, poultry and pets, the intestinal helminths pose the most serious threat to the health and general well being of the population. The hookworms are one of the important intestinal nematodes whose prevalence and concomitant detrimental effects upon the body functions have made them to be ...
S, Sharma, E S, Charles
openaire   +2 more sources

Hookworm Infection in Man

1979
Publisher Summary Hookworms are parasites of mammals, being most frequent in primates, carnivores, and ungulates, with a few species in other groups, including two aquatic mammals. Their natural distribution, which is determined primarily by the temperature requirements for development of their free-living stages, is equatorial, tropical, or sub ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Distribution of hookworm infection in Cameroon

Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology, 1992
Prevalence of hookworm infection was measured in Cameroon during a national survey carried out for a schistosomiasis research project. The survey provided a representative sample of the 10-19 year age group for each one of the 49 administrative divisions. Prevalences were low in the Extreme North province with a sahelian climate.
R C, Ratard   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Herodotus, the Scythes and hookworm infection

The Lancet, 2006
Since the fi rst Pazyryk excavation in 1929, the frozen tombs of the Altai Scythes have attracted attention due to their good preservation and to the information they yielded about the ancient populations of Central Asia. Nevertheless, the places of origin or areas of nomadism of these populations in relation to their burial places remained obscure ...
Crubézy, Eric   +4 more
openaire   +3 more sources

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