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Multisectoral Convergence of Food, Nutrition and Sanitation Programs for Child Health: Evidence From Country‐Level Programs in India

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, Volume 48, Issue 2, Page 424-434, May 2026.
ABSTRACTThis paper underscores the critical role of multisectoral convergence in enhancing child health, particularly in addressing anemia, a micronutrient deficiency linked to both diet and sanitation. We explore how the integration of nationwide food and nutrition programs with sanitation initiatives impacts anemia in Indian children under three. Our
Soumya Gupta, Payal Seth, Prabhu Pingali
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Vesiculobullous Cutaneous Larva Migrans in the Absence of Domestic Dogs and Cats. Successful Treatment with Oral Ivermectin

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
While conducting research in a protected ecological reserve within Ecuador’s subtropical rainforest, a 49-year-old biologist, residing in an Andean city, contracted hookworm-related cutaneous larva migrans (Hr-CLM) in the vesiculobullous clinical form ...
Manuel Calvopina, Karla Lozano-Alvarez, Sandra Enriquez-Morillo, Ignacio Cordova-Calisto   +3 more
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Endoscopically diagnosed hookworm infestation in an adult with chronic iron deficiency anaemia

South Sudan Medical Journal
Despite advances in hookworm control and prevention campaigns, the prevalence remains high in sub-Saharan Africa. Iron deficiency anaemia is a major complication in those with prolonged infection, a high hookworm burden, and undernutrition, though most ...
Mohamed Mukhtar Abdirahman, Emmanuel Baruhanga , Andrew Muhumuza, Robert Wagubi , Raymond Atwine , Christine Tumuhimbise, Florence Tusiime, Caleb Tuhumwire, Boniface Amanee Elias Lumori   +8 more
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Anthroponotic and Zoonotic Hookworm DNA in an Indigenous Community in Coastal Ecuador: Potential Cross-Transmission between Dogs and Humans

Pathogens
Humans can be infected with anthroponotic (Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus) and with zoonotic (Ancylostoma ceylanicum, A. caninum, A. braziliense, and Uncinaria stenocephala) hookworms from dogs. Anthroponotic species are usually thought not
Manuel Calvopina, Dayana Aguilar-Rodríguez, Audrey DeGroot, William Cevallos, Gwenyth O Lee, Andrea Lopez, Thomas B. Nutman, Karen Levy, Joseph Eisenberg, William J. Sears, Philip J. Cooper   +10 more
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Frequency of geohelminths in public squares in Pelotas, RS, Brazil Frequência de geohelmintos em praças públicas de Pelotas, RS, Brasil

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2013
The frequency of parasitic contamination of public areas in the municipality of Pelotas, state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, was studied between June 2010 and May 2011, when soil samples were collected from eight city squares.
Micaele Quintana de Moura, Sabrina Jeske, Juliana Nunes Vieira, Tiago Gallina Corrêa, Maria Elisabeth Aires Berne, Marcos Marreiro Villela   +5 more
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The Human Hookworm Vaccine

Vaccine, 2013
Hookworm infection is one of the world's most common neglected tropical diseases and a leading cause of iron deficiency anemia in low- and middle-income countries. A Human Hookworm Vaccine is currently being developed by the Sabin Vaccine Institute and is in phase 1 clinical testing.
Hotez, Peter J., Diemert, David, Bacon, Kristina M., Beaumier, Coreen, Bethony, Jeffrey M., Bottazzi, Maria Elena, Brooker, Simon, Couto, Artur Roberto, da Silva Freire, Marcos, Homma, Akira, Lee, Bruce Y., Loukas, Alex, Loblack, Marva, Morel , Carlos Medicis, Oliveira, Rodrigo Correa, Russell, Philip K.   +15 more
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A REVIEW ON HOOKWORM DISEASE: HISTORICAL, VIRULENCE, IMMUNOMODULATION AND IMMUNE ESCAPE STRATEGIES [PDF]

Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology
Hookworms are one of the most prevalent soil-transmitted helminths (STH) worldwide, they are ubiquitous in impoverished nations with limited resources, where polyparasitism is prevalent and vaccine cold chain logistics are complicated.
AMIRA MATAR, NOHA ABOU HUSSIEN
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Molecular Detection of Benzimidazole Resistance Genes and Associated Risk Factors in Hookworms from HIV-positive and HIV-negative Patients in Plateau State, Nigeria

UMYU Journal of Microbiology Research
An individual may be predisposed to infection with hookworms through various activities that bring them into contact with filariform larvae in soil. Parasite control programs that rely on mass drug administration (MDA) over prolonged periods using the ...
Azi, H. Y., Inabo, H. I., Olonitola, O. S., Bishop, H. G.   +3 more
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Seasonality and changing prevalence of common canine gastrointestinal nematodes in the USA

Parasites & Vectors, 2019
Background The three most commonly diagnosed gastrointestinal parasites of pet dogs within the USA are the whipworm, the hookworm, and the roundworm. The collection of large data sets from various sources throughout the industry have produced a number of
Jason Drake, Tom Carey
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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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