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Human Soil-transmitted Helminths and Lung Infections: A Guide Review for Respiratory Therapists

Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Journal, 2020
Soil-transmitted helminths are among the neglected tropical diseases, although some 1.5 billion individuals are affected. Traveling to endemic regions, global immigration, and increase of immunocompromised cases, in addition to other factors, have an ...
Majed H.M. Wakid
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Soil-transmitted helminth reinfection after drug treatment : a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: Soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections (i.e., Ascaris lumbricoides, hookworm, and Trichuris trichiura) affect more than a billion people. Preventive chemotherapy (i.e., repeated administration of anthelmintic drugs to at-risk populations),
Charles H. King (78462), Xiao-Nong Zhou (92570), King Charles H., Sara Melville (165920), King, C. H., Jia, T. W., Utzinger, J., Jürg Utzinger (39609), Zhou Xiao-Nong, Jia Tie-Wu, Sara Melville, Zhou, X. N., Charles H King, Utzinger Jürg, Tie-Wu Jia, Melville, S., Melville Sara, Xiao-Nong Zhou, Jürg Utzinger, Tie-Wu Jia (165917)   +19 more
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Quality control in the diagnosis of Trichuris trichiura and Ascaris lumbricoides using the Kato-Katz technique : experience from three randomised controlled trials [PDF]

, 2015
BackgroundAn accurate diagnosis of soil-transmitted helminthiasis is important for individual patient management, for drug efficacy evaluation and for monitoring control programmes.
Shaali M Ame, Marco Albonico, Jennifer Keiser, Utzinger, Jürg, Speich, Benjamin, Keiser, Jennifer, Benjamin Speich, Ali, Said M., Ame, Shaali M., Said M Ali, Albonico, Marco, Jürg Utzinger   +11 more
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Using Google Trends to Estimate the Geographic Distribution of Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis in the United States from 2016 to 2021

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2023
Soil-transmitted helminth infections are assumed to be uncommon in the US, despite numerous studies in the past few decades showing high burdens in Appalachia and the southern states.
Steven H. Adams, Timothy P. Endy, David A. Larsen   +2 more
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Soil-Transmitted Helminth Vaccines: Are We Getting Closer? [PDF]

Frontiers in Immunology, 2020
Parasitic helminths infect over one-fourth of the human population resulting in significant morbidity, and in some cases, death in endemic countries. Despite mass drug administration (MDA) to school-aged children and other control measures, helminth infections are spreading into new areas.
Zawawi, Ayat, Else, Kathryn
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Soil-transmitted helminth infections and physical fitness in school-aged Bulang children in southwest China : results from a cross-sectional survey [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: Chronic soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections have been associated with reduced physical fitness, but available evidence is limited. The aim of this cross-sectional survey was to assess the feasibility of measuring children's physical ...
Peter Steinmann, Wang Jian, Steinmann Peter, Utzinger, Jürg, Zhou, Hui, Utzinger Jürg, Yap, Peiling, Zun-Wei Du, Fang-Wei Wu, Du Zun-Wei, Ran Chen, Xiao-Nong Zhou, Jürg Utzinger, Hui Zhou, Yap Peiling, Zhang, Li-Ping, Wang, Jian, Zhou, Xiao-Nong, Wu, Fang-Wei, Chen Ran, Du, Zun-Wei, Zhang Li-Ping, Xue-Zhong Wang, Zhou Xiao-Nong, Wang, Xue-Zhong, Zhou Hui, Steinmann, Peter, Li-Ping Zhang, Peiling Yap, Chen, Ran, Jian Wang, Wu Fang-Wei, Wang Xue-Zhong   +32 more
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Prevalence and intensity of soil transmitted helminths among school children of Mendera Elementary School, Jimma, Southwest Ethiopia

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2017
INTRODUCTION: soil transmitted helminths are wide spread in developing countries and in Ethiopia the prevalence of STHs varies in different parts of the country.
Ephrem Tefera, Tariku Belay, Seleshi Kebede Mekonnen, Ahmed Zeynudin, Tefera Belachew   +4 more
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Soil transmitted helminths and schistosoma mansoni infections among school children in zarima town, northwest Ethiopia

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2011
Background In Ethiopia, because of low quality drinking water supply and latrine coverage, helminths infections are the second most predominant causes of outpatient morbidity.
Birhan Wubet, Mathewos Biniam, Teklu Takele, Shiferaw Yitayal, Addis Zelalem, Atnafu Asmamaw, Alemu Abebe, Gebretsadik Simon, Gelaw Baye   +8 more
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Evaluating the performance of diagnostic methods for soil transmitted helminths in the Amhara National Regional State, Northwest Ethiopia

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background Soil-transmitted helminths are more prevalent in tropics and sub-tropics including Ethiopia. Despite their high prevalence, direct saline microscopy with its low sensitivity has been used as a diagnostic method in almost all health facilities ...
Abebe Fenta, Tadesse Hailu, Megbaru Alemu, Endalkachew Nibret, Arancha Amor, Abaineh Munshea   +5 more
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Host, vector, and parasite dynamics: exploring intrinsic and extrinsic factors shaping tick‐borne filarial nematode transmission

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Tick‐borne filarial nematodes are a complex and understudied group of parasites that rely on ticks for transmission in vertebrates. This review examines how intrinsic and extrinsic factors may influence the successful transmission of filarial nematodes in tick vectors, drawing insights from extensively studied haematophagous dipteran vector ...
Oluwaseun D. Ajileye, Gabriel L. Hamer, Sarah A. Hamer, Guilherme G. Verocai, Jessica E. Light   +4 more
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