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Influence of Schistosoma mansoni and Hookworm Infection Intensities on Anaemia in Ugandan Villages. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2015
BACKGROUND:The association of anaemia with intestinal schistosomiasis and hookworm infections are poorly explored in populations that are not limited to children or pregnant women.
Goylette F Chami, Alan Fenwick, Erwin Bulte, Andreas A Kontoleon, Narcis B Kabatereine, Edridah M Tukahebwa, David W Dunne   +6 more
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Cost and cost-effectiveness analysis of mass drug administration compared to school-based targeted preventive chemotherapy for hookworm control in Dak Lak province, VietnamResearch in context

The Lancet Regional Health. Western Pacific, 2023
Summary: Background: School-based targeted preventive chemotherapy (PC), the main strategy for soil-transmitted helminths (STH) control, excludes other at-risk populations including adults and preschool children. Mass drug administration (MDA), covering
John Paul Caesar delos Trinos, Dinh Ng-Nguyen, Luc E. Coffeng, Clare E.F. Dyer, Naomi Clarke, Rebecca Traub, Kate Halton, Virginia Wiseman, Caroline Watts, Susana Vaz Nery   +9 more
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Footwear as a risk factor of hookworm infection in elementary school students [PDF]

Universa Medicina, 2014
BACKGROUND In Indonesia, there is still a high prevalence of hookworm infection, especially in poor areas with poor sanitation. The number of helminthic diseases in Keerom Regency was about 599 cases in 2010.
Semuel Sandy, Sri Sumarni, Soeyoko Soeyoko   +2 more
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Risk profiling of hookworm infection and intensity in southern Lao People's Democratic Republic using Bayesian models.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2015
BackgroundAmong the common soil-transmitted helminth infections, hookworm causes the highest burden. Previous research in the southern part of Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) revealed high prevalence rates of hookworm infection. The purpose of
Armelle Forrer, Penelope Vounatsou, Somphou Sayasone, Youthanavanh Vonghachack, Dalouny Bouakhasith, Jürg Utzinger, Kongsap Akkhavong, Peter Odermatt   +7 more
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Ancylostoma ceylanicum Hookworm in Myanmar Refugees, Thailand, 2012–2015

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018
During 2012–2015, US-bound refugees living in Myanmar–Thailand border camps (n = 1,839) were surveyed for hookworm infection and treatment response by using quantitative PCR.
Elise M. O’Connell, Tarissa Mitchell, Marina Papaiakovou, Nils Pilotte, Deborah Lee, Michelle Weinberg, Potsawin Sakulrak, Dilok Tongsukh, Georgiette Oduro-Boateng, Sarah Harrison, Steven A. Williams, William M. Stauffer, Thomas B. Nutman   +12 more
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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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Hookworm infection: A neglected tropical disease of mankind

Journal of Advanced Veterinary and Animal Research, 2016
Hookworm infection, a global problem of human, is caused by both Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus. These parasites are considered as important blood feeding nematodes.
Muhammed Hossain, Jamal Uddin Bhuiyan
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Increased of IL-4 and Ig E Level in Infection Hookworm in Plantation Workers in Jember

Journal of Agromedicine and Medical Sciences (AMS), 2023
Hookworm infection is a disease that is included in the neglected tropical disease. Hookworm infection is suffered by many plantation workers who are closely related to the soil in daily life.
Bagus Hermansyah, Yunita Armiyanti, Wiwien Sugih Utami   +2 more
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THE CURE OF HOOKWORM INFECTION [PDF]

The American Journal of The Medical Sciences, 1920
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Human Hookworm Infection Enhances Mycobacterial Growth Inhibition and Associates With Reduced Risk of Tuberculosis Infection

Frontiers in Immunology, 2018
Soil-transmitted helminths and Mycobacterium tuberculosis frequently coincide geographically and it is hypothesized that gastrointestinal helminth infection may exacerbate tuberculosis (TB) disease by suppression of Th1 and Th17 responses.
Matthew K. O'Shea, Matthew K. O'Shea, Matthew K. O'Shea, Thomas E. Fletcher, Thomas E. Fletcher, Julius Muller, Rachel Tanner, Magali Matsumiya, J. Wendi Bailey, Jayne Jones, Steven G. Smith, Gavin Koh, William G. Horsnell, William G. Horsnell, Nicholas J. Beeching, James Dunbar, James Dunbar, Duncan Wilson, Adam F. Cunningham, Helen McShane   +19 more
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