Modeling the interruption of the transmission of soil-transmitted helminths by repeated mass chemotherapy of school-age children [PDF]
, 2014 Background: The control or elimination of neglected tropical diseases has recently become the focus of increased interest and funding from international agencies through the donation of drugs.
Roy Anderson (553232) +11 more
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Prospects for elimination of soil-transmitted helminths
Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, 2017 Purpose of reviewSoil-transmitted helminths (STH) are endemic in 120 countries and are associated with substantial morbidity and loss of economic productivity. Although current WHO guidelines focus on morbidity control through mass drug administration (MDA), there is global interest in whether a strategy targeting disease elimination might be feasible ...
Asbjornsdottir, KH +3 more
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The Lancet Global Health, 2021 Summary: Background: Driven by global targets to eliminate soil-transmitted helminths as a public health problem, governments have rapidly rolled out control programmes using school and community-based platforms. To justify and target ongoing investment,
Benn Sartorius, PhD +11 more
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Zeszyty Naukowe Szkoły Głównej Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie. Problemy Rolnictwa Światowego, 2023 Soil-transmitted Helminths (STH) are among the most prevalent parasitic diseases that impair childhood physical and mental growth, hence hindering economic development.
Mohamed Ngegba +4 more
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Efficacy and reinfection with soil-transmitted helminths 18-weeks post-treatment with albendazole-ivermectin, albendazole-mebendazole, albendazole-oxantel pamoate and mebendazole [PDF]
, 2016 Preventive chemotherapy with albendazole or mebendazole is the current strategy to control soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections (i.e. Ascaris lumbricoides, hookworm and Trichuris trichiura). STH reinfections, in particular A.
Moser, Wendelin +6 more
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Jurnal Manusia dan Lingkungan, 2013 ABSTRAK Dengan menggunakan pendekatan ekoepidemiologis, yang didukung oleh data penginderaan jauh dan aplikasi Sistem Informasi Geografi (SIG) diharapkan kejadian infeksi Soil Transmitted Helminths yang bervariasi dapat diketahui parameter lingkungan ...
Melianus Salakory +3 more
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Bayesian geostatistical modelling of soil-transmitted helminth survey data in the People's Republic of China [PDF]
, 2013 Soil-transmitted helminth infections affect tens of millions of individuals in the People's Republic of China (P.R. China). There is a need for high-resolution estimates of at-risk areas and number of people infected to enhance spatial targeting of ...
Zhou, Xiao-Nong +7 more
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Does mass drug administration for the integrated treatment of neglected tropical diseases really work? Assessing evidence for the control of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths in Uganda [PDF]
, 2011 This paper was one of four papers commissioned to review the role of social sciences in NTD control by TDR, the Special Programme for Research and Training on Tropical Diseases, which is executed by WHO and co-sponsored by UNICEF, UNDP, the World Bank ...
Melissa Parker +7 more
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Effect of deworming on physical fitness of school-aged children in Yunnan, China : a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial [PDF]
, 2014 There is considerable debate on the health impacts of soil-transmitted helminth infections. We assessed effects of deworming on physical fitness and strength of children in an area in Yunnan, People's Republic of China, where soil-transmitted ...
Peter Steinmann +33 more
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Soil transmitted helminth infections in Ghana: a ten year review
The Pan African Medical Journal, 2020 For more than a decade, intervention programs have been instituted in Ghana to combat soil transmitted helminth (STHs) infections. Knowledge of the trend of the infection in the country is needed for evaluation and modification of existing control ...
Monica Ahiadorme, Emmanuel Morhe
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