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Drug Combinations Against Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections
2019The soil-transmitted helminths (STHs), Ascaris lumbricoides, hookworm and Trichuris trichiura are common in areas with warm and moist climates with little access to adequate water, sanitation, and hygiene affecting the poorest populations. The current control strategy of the World Health Organization is preventive chemotherapy (PC), i.e., the ...
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Soil-Transmitted Helminths and Water
2013The number of species of soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) infecting humans in the tropical and subtropical parts of the world may be up to a dozen or more. However, the most common STHs include the large roundworm, Ascaris lumbricoides, the whipworm, Trichuris trichiura, and two species of hookworm, Necator americanus and Ancylostoma duodenale ...
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The control of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths in East Africa
Trends in Parasitology, 2006As a result of support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, schistosomiasis and intestinal or soil-transmitted helminth infections have been the subject of national control programmes in three Eastern and Southern African countries: Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania and Zambia. Here, we review the significant progress made in their control
Narcis B, Kabatereine +4 more
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Soil-transmitted helminth infections: updating the global picture
Trends in Parasitology, 2003Public health workers and parasitologists have long been interested in estimating numbers infected with particular parasite species. Recent changes in social and economic conditions, in addition to implementation of control in some regions of the world, have changed the global picture of soil-transmitted helminth infections.
Nilanthi R, de Silva +5 more
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Epithelial cytokines in soil-transmitted helminth infections
Epithelial barriers are critical in our interaction with the outside world. They mediate gas exchange in the lung, nutrient absorption in the gut and provide a barrier against pathogen entry throughout the body. Until relatively recently, these mechanical barrier functions were thought to represent the primary mechanism by which the epithelium protectsHenry J, McSorley, Suzanne H, Hodge
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A school-based soil-transmitted helminths survey in the Guadalcanal Province, the Solomon Islands
Tropical Doctor, 2021June-Der Lee +2 more
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The expansion of soil-transmitted helminth control strategies
The Lancet, 2017Gang, Qin, Xun, Zhuang
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Soil-Transmitted Helminths and Anaemia: A Neglected Association Outside the Tropics
Microorganisms, 2022Sara Caldrer +2 more
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