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The risk of pathogenic intestinal parasite infections in Kisii Municipality, Kenya

BMC Public Health, 2008
Background Intestinal parasitic infections are among the most common infections worldwide. Various epidemiological studies indicate that the prevalence of intestinal parasites is high especially in developing countries, although in many of these, the ...
Kabiru Ephantus W, Aloo Peninah A, Nyarango Robert M, Nyanchongi Benson O   +3 more
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Intestinal parasites among food handlers of food service establishments in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background Intestinal parasites remain considerable public health problems in low-income countries where poor food hygiene practice is common. Food handlers, people involved in preparing and serving food, working with poor personal hygiene could pose a ...
Yonas Yimam, Ambachew Woreta, Mehdi Mohebali   +2 more
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Intestinal Parasites Coinfection Does Not Alter Plasma Cytokines Profile Elicited in Acute Malaria in Subjects from Endemic Area of Brazil

Mediators of Inflammation, 2014
In Brazil, malaria is prevalent in the Amazon region and these regions coincide with high prevalence of intestinal parasites but few studies explore the interaction between malaria and other parasites.
Juan Camilo Sánchez-Arcila, Daiana de Souza Perce-da-Silva, Mariana Pinheiro Alves Vasconcelos, Rodrigo Nunes Rodrigues-da-Silva, Virginia Araujo Pereira, Cesarino Junior Lima Aprígio, Cleoni Alves Mendes Lima, Bruna de Paula Fonseca e Fonseca, Dalma Maria Banic, Josué da Costa Lima-Junior, Joseli Oliveira-Ferreira   +10 more
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INTESTINAL PARASITES IN CHILDREN [PDF]

Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 1915
The subject of intestinal parasites in children is one that I believe has not been given the care and attention that it rightly deserves. Generally speaking, only those patients are examined for parasites who come with a definite history referable to the parasites, such as the finding of a segment of tenia in the stools, or when the mother of the ...
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HIV and intestinal parasite co-infections among a Chinese population : an immunological profile [PDF]

, 2013
Parasite infections often result in a switch of the human body's predominant immune reaction from T-helper 1 (Th1)-type to Th2-type. Hence, parasite infections are widely expected to accelerate the progression of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV ...
Wang, Feng-Feng, Peter Steinmann, Xiao-Mei Yin, Tian, Li-Guang, Jian Guo, Cai, Yu-Chun, Mary Dickey, Jia-Xu Chen, Dickey, Mary Kathryn, Li-Guang Tian, Shan Lv, Yu-Chun Cai, Steinmann, Peter, Guo, Jian, Chen, Jia-Xu, Feng-Feng Wang, Lv, Shan, Wang, Tian-Ping, Yin, Xiao-Mei, Tian-Ping Wang   +19 more
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Risk of intestinal parasitic infections in people with different exposures to wastewater and fecal sludge in Kampala, Uganda : a cross-sectional study [PDF]

, 2016
There are health risks associated with wastewater and fecal sludge management and use, but little is known about the magnitude, particularly in rapidly growing urban settings of low- and middle-income countries.
Christian Schindler (71594), Rutebemberwa, Elizeus, Utzinger, Jürg, Winkler, Mirko S., Narcis B Kabatereine, Halage, Abdulla A., Christian Schindler, Edridah M. Tukahebwa (437664), Edridah M Tukahebwa, Guéladio Cissé, Jürg Utzinger, Abdulla A. Halage (2552416), Mirko S Winkler, Narcis B. Kabatereine (115496), Kabatereine, Narcis B., Samuel Fuhrimann (2552419), Medlicott, Kate, Kate Medlicott (2552422), Samuel Fuhrimann, Abdulla A Halage, Elizeus Rutebemberwa, Jürg Utzinger (39609), Tukahebwa, Edridah M., Elizeus Rutebemberwa (303039), Guéladio Cissé (844269), Mirko S. Winkler (2552425), Cissé, Guéladio, Schindler, Christian, Kate Medlicott, Fuhrimann, Samuel   +29 more
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Mucosal immune responses following intestinal nematode infection. [PDF]

, 2014
In most natural environments, the large majority of mammals harbour parasitic helminths that often live as adults within the intestine for prolonged periods (1-2 years).
Harris, N. L., P. J. Cooper, Zaph, C, Cooper, P. J., C. Zaph, Cooper, PJ, Harris, NL, Zaph, C., Cooper, Philip, N. L. Harris   +9 more
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Magnitude and associated factors of Intestinal Parasitosis and Tuberculosis among Tuberculosis suspected patients attending Kuyu General Hospital, North Shewa, Oromia, Ethiopia.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2022
BackgroundIntestinal parasites and Tuberculosis (TB) co-infection is a major public health problem. The parasitic infection suppresses the cell mediated immunity that protects tuberculosis.
Sahilu Tesfaye, Biruk Zerfu, Kassu Desta
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Intestinal parasitic infections and its association with undernutrition and CD4 T cell levels among HIV/AIDS patients on HAART in Butajira, Ethiopia

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 2017
Background Intestinal parasitic infections and HIV/AIDS have been the major public health problems and remain a vital cause of morbidity and mortality in developing countries. Both problems are linked in a vicious cycle.
Dereje Gedle, Gemechu Kumera, Tewodros Eshete, Kasahun Ketema, Haweni Adugna, Fetuma Feyera   +5 more
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An Epidemiological study of Intestinal parasites in children attending the pediatric teaching hospital in the holy city of Karbala, Iraq

Medical Journal of Babylon, 2023
Background: Intestinal parasitosis remains an important public health concern worldwide because of its high incidence reached in several countries as well as its nutritional consequences.
Aseel Kariem Al-Sultany, Kassim Abdulla Hamza Al-Morshidy   +1 more
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