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Case Report: Endoscopic examination improves the diagnosis of inconspicuous helminth infections in adults in Shanghai

Frontiers in Medicine
With advancements in medical care and improved public health in China, the incidence of hookworm infections has significantly decreased, particularly in first-tier cities.
Yang Si, Hongjiao Cai, Brett D. Hambly, Brett D. Hambly, Yuli Wang, Yanfang Zhang, Shisan (Bob) Bao, Shisan (Bob) Bao   +7 more
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Epidemiological and genetic data supporting the transmission of Ancylostoma ceylanicum among human and domestic animals.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2012
BackgroundCurrently, information on species-specific hookworm infection is unavailable in Malaysia and is restricted worldwide due to limited application of molecular diagnostic tools.
Romano Ngui, Yvonne A L Lim, Rebecca Traub, Rohela Mahmud, Mohd Sani Mistam   +4 more
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Health education and the control of intestinal worm infections in China : a new vision [PDF]

, 2014
The transmission of soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) is associated with poverty, poor hygiene behaviour, lack of clean water and inadequate waste disposal and sanitation.
Stewart, Donald, Allen G Ross, Kate Halton, Yang Henglin, Ross, Allen G., Yuan, Li-Ping, McManus, Donald, Clements, Archie A., Olveda, Remigio M, Archie CA Clements, Yue-Sheng Li, Yap, Peiling, Xiao-Nong Zhou, Gray, Darren J, Williams, Gail M., Olveda, Remigio, Gray, Darren J., Li, Yue-Sheng, Zhou, Xiao-Nong, Remigio M Olveda, Gray, Darren, Du, Zun-Wei, Soares Magalhaes, Ricardo J., Ross, Allen, Darren J Gray, Steinmann, Peter, Tallo, Veronica, Williams, Gail M, Gail M Williams, Bieri, Franziska A., Clements, Archie Ca, Henglin, Yang, Ricardo J Magalhães, Peter Steinmann, Ross, Allen G, Clements, Archie C.A., Li-Ping Yuan, McManus, Donald P, Magalhaes, Ricardo J Soares, Veronica Tallo, Zun-Wei Du, Clements, Archie C. A., Franziska A Bieri, Magalhães, Ricardo J, Giovanna Raso, Zun-Wei, Du, McManus, Donald P., Raso, Giovanna, Donald P McManus, Li, Yue-Sheng., Yang, Henglin, Magalhães, Ricardo J. Soares, Bieri, Franziska A, Peiling Yap, Olveda, Remigio M., Donald Stewart, Bieri, Franziska, Halton, Kate   +57 more
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The association of parasitic infections in pregnancy and maternal and fetal anemia: a cohort study in coastal Kenya.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2014
BackgroundRelative contribution of these infections on anemia in pregnancy is not certain. While measures to protect pregnant women against malaria have been scaling up, interventions against helminthes have received much less attention.
Elizabeth M McClure, Steven R Meshnick, Peter Mungai, Indu Malhotra, Christopher L King, Robert L Goldenberg, Michael G Hudgens, Anna Maria Siega-Riz, Arlene E Dent   +8 more
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Water, sanitation, hygiene, and soil-transmitted helminth infection : a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: Preventive chemotherapy represents a powerful but short-term control strategy for soil-transmitted helminthiasis. Since humans are often re-infected rapidly, long-term solutions require improvements in water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH ...
Addiss, D. G., Ogden, S., Utzinger, J., Jürg Utzinger (39609), Matthew C. Freeman (308891), Freeman, M. C., Meredith E. Stocks (527042), Meredith E Stocks, Stephanie Ogden (463537), Eric C. Strunz (542577), David G. Addiss (250137), Strunz, E. C., Matthew C Freeman, Eric C Strunz, Stocks, M. E., Stephanie Ogden, Jürg Utzinger, David G Addiss   +17 more
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The effect of anthelmintic treatment during pregnancy on HIV plasma viral load: results from a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in Uganda. [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: To investigate the effect of helminth infections and their treatment during pregnancy on HIV load, we conducted a 2 × 2 factorial randomized controlled trial of albendazole versus placebo and praziquantel versus placebo in pregnant women in ...
Webb, Emily L, Kaleebu, Pontiano, Lule, Swaib, Muhangi, Lawrence, Nkurunziza, Peter, Kyosiimire-Lugemwa, Jacqueline, Elliott, Alison M, Kizito, Dennison, Muwanga, Moses   +8 more
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Hookworm Infection [PDF]

New England Journal of Medicine, 2004
Hotez, Peter J, Brooker, Simon, Bethony, Jeffrey M, Bottazzi, Maria Elena, Loukas, Alex, Xiao, Shuhua   +5 more
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Effects of parasitic infections on clinical outcomes, self-rated quality of life and physical fitness in Côte d'Ivoire [PDF]

, 2014
Background: Hundreds of millions of people in the developing world are at risk of parasitic diseases, such as malaria and neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Health implications due to these diseases are manifold.
Hürlimann, Eveline
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Intestinal parasite prevalence in an area of Ethiopia after implementing the SAFE strategy, enhanced outreach services, and health extension program [PDF]

, 2013
The SAFE strategy aims to reduce transmission of Chlamydia trachomatis through antibiotics, improved hygiene, and sanitation. We integrated assessment of intestinal parasites into large-scale trachoma impact surveys to determine whether documented ...
Hopkins, Donald R., Utzinger, Jürg, Ngondi, Jeremiah, Genetu Alemtaye (418741), Hopkins Donald R., Hanspeter Marti, Berhanu Melak (325349), Elisabeth Escher, Emerson Paul M., Jonathan D King, Genetu Alemtaye, Odermatt Peter, Utzinger Jürg, Peter Odermatt, Paul M. Emerson (43378), Demelash Gesese (418746), Zerihun, Mulat, Berhanu Melak, Donald R Hopkins, Melak Berhanu, Elisabeth Escher (418740), Melak, Berhanu, Hanspeter Marti (224864), Woyneshet Gelaye, Adugna Mitku, Escher, Elisabeth, Melaku, Sileabatt, Worku, Abebe, Aryc W Mosher, Ngondi Jeremiah, Abebe Worku (418744), Zerihun Mulat, Jürg Utzinger (39609), Sileabatt Melaku (418742), Jonathan D. King (219012), Paul M Emerson, Marti, Hanspeter, Sileabatt Melaku, Adugna, Mitku, Mitku Adugna, Mosher, Aryc W., Tadesse Zerihun, Gesese Demelash, Demelash Gesese, Zerihun Tadesse (325347), Teferi, Tesfaye, Endeshaw Tekola, Woyneshet Gelaye (418743), Gelaye Woyneshet, Alemtaye Genetu, Escher Elisabeth, Aryc W. Mosher (43386), Abebe Worku, Jürg Utzinger, Gelaye, Woyneshet, Donald R. Hopkins (342222), Tekola Endeshaw (43384), Tekola Endeshaw, Mulat Zerihun, Mulat Zerihun (43387), Mosher Aryc W., Jeremiah Ngondi, Endeshaw, Tekola, Odermatt, Peter, Gesese, Demelash, Tesfaye Teferi (325348), Melaku Sileabatt, Jeremiah Ngondi (43379), Marti Hanspeter, King, Jonathan D., Alemtaye, Genetu, Peter Odermatt (148926), Zerihun Tadesse, Worku Abebe, Tadesse, Zerihun, Emerson, Paul M., Mitku Adugna (418745), Tesfaye Teferi, King Jonathan D., Teferi Tesfaye   +79 more
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Classification of intensity for schistosome and hookworm infections [28].

, 2023
Classification of intensity for schistosome and hookworm infections [28].
Oliver Balmer (151993), Mamadou Ouattara (128981), Eliézer K. N’Goran (8605323), Bassirou Bonfoh (424496), Louise Y. Achi (9654245), Jürg Utzinger (39609), Jules N. Kouadio (16557638), Jakob Zinsstag (113928), Jennifer Giovanoli Evack (16557641), Jan Hattendorf (113923), Jean-Baptiste K. Sékré (16557644)   +10 more
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