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Complementary school garden, nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene interventions to improve children's nutrition and health status in Burkina Faso and Nepal : a study protocol [PDF]

, 2016
Malnutrition and intestinal parasitic infections are common among children in Burkina Faso and Nepal. However, specific health-related data in school-aged children in these two countries are scarce.
Utzinger, Jürg, Herz, Ramona, Ray-yu Yang, Yang, Ray-Yu, Diagbouga, Serge, Christian Schindler, Peter Odermatt, Axel Drescher, Ramona Herz, Jana Gerold, Guéladio Cissé, Jürg Utzinger, Shrestha, Akina, Séverine Erismann, Odermatt, Peter, Subodh Sharma, Knoblauch, Astrid, Serge Diagbouga, Astrid Knoblauch, Erismann, Séverine, Cissé, Guéladio, Gerold, Jana, Sharma, Subodh, Schindler, Christian, Drescher, Axel, Akina Shrestha   +25 more
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Delaying the Inevitable? U.S. Screwworm Closures and Feeder Cattle Market Dynamics

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biosecurity trade restrictions are commonly framed as preventive measures, yet in many settings they function primarily as policies of delay: they impose immediate market costs while only postponing the arrival of biological risks. This paper evaluates that intertemporal tradeoff using the 2024–2025 US suspension of live cattle imports from ...
Shelby Sumner, Savannah Jones, Tania Islam, K. Aleks Schaefer   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Susceptibility to intestinal infection and diarrhoea in Zambian adults in relation to HIV status and CD4 count. [PDF]

, 2009
BACKGROUND: The HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa has had a major impact on infectious disease, and there is currently great interest in the impact of HIV on intestinal barrier function.
Feldman, RA, Roger A Feldman, Todd Jim, Mwansa, J, Henry Sinsungwe, H Sinsungwe (16116926), Feldman Roger A, Katubulushi, Max, Farthing Michael J, Paul Kelly, S Sianongo (16115693), Sianongo, Sandie, James Mwansa, Todd, Jim, Sianongo Sandie, Sinsungwe, H, M Katubulushi (16116548), Katubulushi, M, Sandie Sianongo, J Mwansa (16116545), Katubulushi Max, Farthing, MJ, P Kelly (9390197), R A Feldman (16116929), Sianongo, S, Michael J Farthing, Sinsungwe Henry, Sinsungwe, Henry, Kelly Paul, Mwansa James, M J Farthing (16115624), Farthing, Michael J, Feldman, Roger A, Mwansa, James, Kelly, Paul, Jim Todd, J Todd (9885689), Kelly, P, Todd, J, Max Katubulushi   +39 more
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The Impacts of Health and Environmental Information Nudges on Meat Choices: Where Does Goat Meat Fit?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amidst a recent surge in US goat meat imports to meet growing demand, this study contributes to the meat demand literature by examining consumer preferences for goat meat, a relatively healthy and environmentally friendly alternative to other popular meats.
Binod Khanal, Sunil P. Dhoubhadel, Rodolfo M. Nayga Jr.   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Characterization of patients with parasitism belonging to the health district of the "Manuel Fajardo Rivero” Polyclinic

Revista Electrónica Dr. Zoilo E. Marinello Vidaurreta, 2019
Background: rates of parasitism are currently reported in different areas of the country. An investigation with supposedly healthy patients of a health district of the municipality of Las Tunas detected the incidence of parasitism.Objective: to ...
José Luis Cusidó-Carralero, Biunaiky Morales-Perera, Miriam Rafaela Pérez-Cruz, Alicia María Yabor-Palomo, Reynelda Rosa Ojeda-Herrera   +4 more
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A Retrospective Analysis of Intestinal Parasitic Infection among Patients Attending a Semi-urban Teaching Hospital [PDF]

Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases
Background and study aim: : Intestinal parasitic diseases are quite common especially in developing countries leading to various adverse outcomes in children such as abdominal colic, anemia, mental retardation and reduced physical growth.
Razia Khatoon, Rakesh Mukhia, Noor Jahan, Siraj Ahmad   +3 more
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SURVEILLANCE OF PARASITIC DISEASES IN BULGARIA [PDF]

The incidence and number of cases of several parasitic diseases subject to mandatory reporting and registration under the Ministry of Health (MoH) 2005 Regulation 21 increased after the end of the global pandemic of COVID-19 in 2023.
Rumen Harizanov, Ognyan Mikov, Raina Borisova, Eleonora Kaneva, Nina Tsvetkova, Mihaela Videnova, Zornitca Traykova, Aleksandra Ivanova, Violeta Yakimova, Iskra Rainova   +9 more
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Splenic Tropism and Spleen‐Modulated Systemic Inflammation in Acute Plasmodium vivax Malaria

American Journal of Hematology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In chronic Plasmodium vivax (Pv) infection, the spleen accounts for over 98% of total‐body parasite biomass. Whether splenic tropism also occurs in acute infection and how the spleen influences pathogenesis have not been systematically explored. In Papua, Indonesia, we compared clinical and hematology data in 24 spleen‐intact and 25 previously
Steven Kho, Hasrini Rini, Noy N. Kambuaya, Syawal Satria, Freis Candrawati, Putu A. I. Shanti, King Alexander, Benediktus Andries, Aisah R. Amelia, Anjana Rai, Kim A. Piera, Agatha M. Puspitasari, Ristya Amalia, Pak Prayoga, Leo Leonardo, Maulina Hafidzah, Theo Situmorang, Dewi S. Margayani, Desandra A. Rahmayenti, Pengxing Cao, Enny Kenangalem, Leily Trianty, Damian Oyong, Julie A. Simpson, Rintis Noviyanti, Pierre A. Buffet, Jeanne R. Poespoprodjo, Nicholas M. Anstey   +27 more
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Molecular diagnosis of parasitic diseases in Korea

Annals of Clinical Microbiology
The aim of this review is to provide practical guidance for the molecular diagnosis of parasitic diseases in Korea in 2024. Specifically, the prevalence of parasitic diseases, commercially available molecular diagnostic kits, and reference laboratories ...
Sun Huh
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Intestinal Parasitic Infections in Patients Attending Gastrointestinal Clinics

Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, 2017
Background and purpose: Accurate information on clinical and laboratory findings of parasitic diseases in medical centers could be effective in evaluating various aspects of their disease. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical and
Niloofar Amin, Hafez Tirger Fakhri, Vahid Hossini, Hajare Ziaei, Azadeh Dadashi, Bahman Rahimi, Shirzad Gholami   +6 more
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