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Intestinal parasites of children and adults in a remote Aboriginal community of the Northern Territory, Australia, 1994-1996

Western Pacific Surveillance and Response, 2015
Introduction: Parasitic infections can adversely impact health, nutritional status and educational attainment. This study investigated hookworm and other intestinal parasites in an Aboriginal community in Australia from 1994 to 1996.
Jennifer Shield, Kieran Aland, Thérèse Kearns, Glenda Gongdjalk, Deborah Holt, Bart Currie, Paul Prociv   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pooled prevalence of Hookworm infections analysed by study covariates.

, 2021
Pooled prevalence of Hookworm infections analysed by study covariates.
Kefyalew Addis Alene (7181204), Beth Gilmour (11675525), Archie C. A. Clements (7181207)   +2 more
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Botanicals against some important nematodal diseases: Ascariasis and hookworm infections. [PDF]

Saudi J Biol Sci, 2023
Ramlal A, Nautiyal A, Kumar J, Mishra V, Sogan N, Nasser B Singab A.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Co-infection prevalence of helminths and associated risk factors among schoolchildren in the Lake Tana Basin, Northwest Ethiopia

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background Helminths are important public health infectious agents and are highly prevalent in the tropics, including Ethiopia. Schoolchildren are highly vulnerable to these parasitic infections due to several personal habits. Although their helminths co-
Tadesse Hailu, Abolghasem Siyadatpanah, Roghayeh Norouzi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Micronutrient-Fortified Rice Can Increase Hookworm Infection Risk: A Cluster Randomized Trial.

PLoS ONE, 2016
BackgroundFortification of staple foods is considered an effective and safe strategy to combat micronutrient deficiencies, thereby improving health. While improving micronutrient status might be expected to have positive effects on immunity, some studies
Brechje de Gier, Maiza Campos Ponce, Marlene Perignon, Marion Fiorentino, Kuong Khov, Chhoun Chamnan, Michiel R de Boer, Megan E Parker, Kurt Burja, Marjoleine A Dijkhuizen, Jacques Berger, Katja Polman, Frank T Wieringa   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessment, mapping and prediction of the spatial distribution of parasitic infections in western Côte d'Ivoire and implications for integrated control [PDF]

, 2004
Almost half of the world’s population are at risk of malaria infection, and the disease kills more than one million people each year, mainly children under the age of five years living in sub-Saharan Africa.
Raso, Giovanna
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Impact of Long-Term Treatment with Ivermectin on the Prevalence and Intensity of Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections

, 2008
Background Control of soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections relies on the periodic and long-term administration of anthelmintic drugs to high-risk groups, particularly school-age children living in endemic areas.
Oviedo, G, Leila Amorim, Silvia Erazo, Martha Chico, Padilla, M, Gisela Oviedo, Margarita Padilla, Eduardo Gomez, Rodriguez, A, Ana Lucia Moncayo, Alejandro Rodriguez, Raquel Lovato, Lovato, R, Chico, M, Isabel Quinzo, Quinzo, I, Vaca, M, Erazo, S, Amorim, L, Philip J Cooper, Barreto, ML, Maritza Vaca, Mauricio L Barreto, Gomez, E, Moncayo, AL, Cooper, PJ   +25 more
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Development of an educational cartoon to prevent worm infections in Chinese schoolchildren [PDF]

, 2013
Background: With more than two billion people infected worldwide, soil-transmitted helminths (STH) are the most widespread infections. To date, STH control efforts rely predominantly on recurrent mass drug administration (MDA), which does not prevent ...
Guo, Feng-Ying, Yuan, Li-Ping, Li-Ping Yuan, Robert S Li, Li, Robert S., Li, Robert S, McManus, Donald P, Yue-Sheng Li, Sheng-Ming Li, Feng-Ying Guo, Bedford, Andrew, Franziska A Bieri, Williams, Gail M., Yong-Kang He, Williams, Gail, Gray, Darren J., Li, Yue-Sheng, Giovanna Raso, McManus, Donald P., Raso, Giovanna, Andrew Bedford, Donald P McManus, Gray, Darren, Bieri, Franziska A, Darren J Gray, He, Yong-Kang, Gail M Williams, Bieri, Franziska A., Li, Sheng-Ming   +28 more
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Efficacy of single-dose and triple-dose albendazole and mebendazole against soil-transmitted helminths and Taenia spp.: a randomized controlled trial.

PLoS ONE, 2011
BackgroundThe control of soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections currently relies on the large-scale administration of single-dose oral albendazole or mebendazole.
Peter Steinmann, Jürg Utzinger, Zun-Wei Du, Jin-Yong Jiang, Jia-Xu Chen, Jan Hattendorf, Hui Zhou, Xiao-Nong Zhou   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hookworm infections: Reappraising the evidence for a role of neutrophils in light of NETosis. [PDF]

Parasite Immunol, 2022
Doolan R, Bouchery T.
europepmc   +1 more source