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Evaluation of hookworm infections and some haematological parameters amongst primary and secondary schools children in Aba Metropolis, Abia State, Nigeria

Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management, 2017
Hookworm infections and some haematological parameter among children were assessed in five different schools in Aba metropolis, Abia State, Nigeria. Blood and Stool samples were collected and analysed, following ethical approval and consent from parents
AE Abah, GN Wokem
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Heterogeneities and consequences of Plasmodium species and hookworm coinfection: a population based study in Uganda. [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND: Previous studies have suggested that helminth infection exacerbates malaria, but few existing epidemiological studies adequately control for infection heterogeneities and confounding factors.
Pullan, Rachel L, Sarah G. Staedke, Bukirwa, Hasifa, Brooker, Simon, Kabatereine, Narcis B, Staedke, Sarah G, Rachel L. Pullan, Narcis B. Kabatereine, Hasifa Bukirwa, Simon Brooker   +9 more
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Analysing risk factors of co-occurrence of schistosomiasis haematobium and hookworm using bivariate regression models: Case study of Chikwawa, Malawi

Parasite Epidemiology and Control, 2016
Schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections constitute a major public health problem in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa. In areas where prevalence of geo-helminths and schistosomes is high, co-infection with multiple parasite species ...
Bruce B.W. Phiri, Bagrey Ngwira, Lawrence N. Kazembe   +2 more
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Low efficacy of single-dose albendazole and mebendazole against hookworm and effect on concomitant helminth infection in Lao PDR [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: Albendazole and mebendazole are increasingly deployed for preventive chemotherapy targeting soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections. We assessed the efficacy of single oral doses of albendazole (400 mg) and mebendazole (500 mg) for the ...
Sayasone, S., Khampheng Phongluxa, Phonepasong Ayé Soukhathammavong (148913), Jennifer Keiser, Utzinger, Jürg, Vilavanh Xayaseng (189526), Kongsap Akkhavong (148931), Phonepasong Ayé Soukhathammavong, Penelope Vounatsou, Hatz, C., Peter Odermatt, Hatz, Christoph, Somphou Sayasone, Sayasone, Somphou, Vounatsou, P., Phonepasong Ayé Soukhathammavong, Jennifer Keiser (39606), Phongluxa, Khampheng, Jürg Utzinger, Kongsap Akkhavong, Soukhathammavong, Phonepasong Ayé, Xayaseng, Vilavanh, Soukhathammavong, P. A., Xayaseng, V., Odermatt, P., Vilavanh Xayaseng, Utzinger, J., Keiser, J., Jürg Utzinger (39609), Odermatt, Peter, Christoph Hatz (35423), Penelope Vounatsou (49253), Akkhavong, K., Peter Odermatt (148926), Akkhavong, Kongsap, Keiser, Jennifer, Somphou Sayasone (183492), Khampheng Phongluxa (148910), Vounatsou, Penelope, Christoph Hatz, Phongluxa, K.   +40 more
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Malaria and hookworm co-infection and their effects on anaemia of pregnant women attending ante-natal clinic in University Teaching Hospital, Calabar, Nigeria

Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2018
Background: Malaria and hookworm infections independently have been known to cause anaemia. Coinfection of these two parasites can aggravated the morbidity of these infections with a resulting impact on anaemia especially in pregnancy.
Jude Chimezie Umeh, Paul Columba Inyang-Etoh , Dorathy Chioma Okpokam, Iquo Bassey Otu-Bassey   +3 more
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Establishment of a Simple and Rapid Nucleic Acid Detection Method for Hookworm Identification

Pathogens, 2023
Hookworm infection is one of the most common neglected tropical diseases and is mainly found in tropical and subtropical areas. Two species of human hookworm are distributed in China, i.e., Ancylostoma duodenale (AD) and Necator americanus (NA ...
Xin Ding, Yougui Yang, Yingshu Zhang, Qiang Zhang, Fanzhen Mao, Yang Dai   +5 more
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Modelling the geographical distribution of soil-transmitted helminth infections in Bolivia [PDF]

, 2013
The prevalence of infection with the three common soil-transmitted helminths (i.e. Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura, and hookworm) in Bolivia is among the highest in Latin America. However, the spatial distribution and burden of soil-transmitted
Utzinger, Jürg, Scholte, Ronaldo Gc, Chammartin, Frédérique, Bavia, Mara E., Vounatsou, Penelope, Malone, John B., Nieto, Prixia   +6 more
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An in-depth analysis of a piece of shit : distribution of Schistosoma mansoni and hookworm eggs in human stool [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: An accurate diagnosis of helminth infection is important to improve patient management. However, there is considerable intra- and inter-specimen variation of helminth egg counts in human feces.
N'Goran Eliézer K., N'Goran, E. K., Krauth, Stefanie J., Knopp, S., Utzinger, Jürg, Coulibaly, Jean T., Jean T Coulibaly, Stefanie Knopp, Traoré, M., Utzinger Jürg, Jean T. Coulibaly (108845), Coulibaly Jean T., Jürg Utzinger, Krauth, S. J., Krauth Stefanie J., Stefanie J Krauth, Coulibaly, J. T., Eliézer K. N'Goran (108853), Utzinger, J., Jürg Utzinger (39609), Stefanie Knopp (108848), Stefanie J. Krauth (108843), Traoré Mahamadou, Eliézer K N'Goran, Traoré, Mahamadou, N'Goran, Eliézer, Mahamadou Traoré (108851), Knopp, Stefanie, Knopp Stefanie, Mahamadou Traoré   +29 more
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Interactions and potential implications of Plasmodium falciparum-hookworm coinfection in different age groups in south-central Côte d'Ivoire [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: Given the widespread distribution of Plasmodium and helminth infections, and similarities of ecological requirements for disease transmission, coinfection is a common phenomenon in sub-Saharan Africa and elsewhere in the tropics. Interactions
Richard F Hurrell, Aurélie A Righetti, N'Goran Eliézer K., Righetti, Aurélie A., N'Goran, E. K., Ahou-Yah G Koua, Utzinger, Jürg, Glinz, D., Koua Ahou-Yah G., Hurrell Richard F., Wegmüller, Rita, Rita Wegmüller, Utzinger Jürg, Dominik Glinz, Righetti Aurélie A., Adiossan Lukas G., Jürg Utzinger, Niamké, S., Adiossan, L. G., Lukas G Adiossan, Righetti, A. A., Utzinger, J., Koua, Ahou-Yah G., Niamké Sébastien, Adiossan, Lukas G., Niamké, Sébastien, Koua, A. Y. G., Hurrell, R. F., Glinz Dominik, Glinz, Dominik, Wegmüller Rita, Eliézer K N'Goran, N'Goran, Eliézer K., Sébastien Niamké, Hurrell, Richard F., Wegmüller, R.   +35 more
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Parasitic Infections and Associated Cognitive Outcome Among School-Aged Children in Africa: A Systematic Review. [PDF]

Brain Behav
Parasitic infections like schistosomiasis, soil‐transmitted helminths, and malaria can impair nutrient absorption, oxygen supply, and brain function, leading to memory deficits, attention deficits, reduced intelligence quotient, weak academic performance, and motor or executive deficits.
Adu AM, Simpong DL, Donkor DM, Manu KS, Antwi MH, Kpelle L, Osei GN, Bockarie A.   +7 more
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