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Soil-transmitted helminths and associated factors among pregnant women in Doreni district, Oromia region, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background Soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH) refers to a set of parasitic illnesses caused by nematode worms and spread to people through faeces-contaminated soil.
Adamu Tesfa Mekonen, Teshome Bekana Hirpha, Asrat Zewdie   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dark diversity of flea (Siphonaptera) assemblages in South American rodents: Latitudinal and altitudinal gradients

Ecological Entomology, EarlyView.
The dark diversity of compound flea communities increased from north to south. The dark diversity of compound flea communities increased from lower to higher altitudes. The dark diversity of component flea communities also increased from north to south but did not vary with altitude.
Juliana P. Sanchez, M. Fernanda López Berrizbeitia, Boris R. Krasnov   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Epidemiology of Soil-Transmitted Helminths in Bihar State, India [PDF]

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2015
Soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) infect over a billion individuals worldwide. In India, 241 million children are estimated to need deworming to avert the negative consequences STH infections can have on child health and development. In February-April 2011, 17 million children in Bihar State were dewormed during a government-led school-based deworming ...
Katie Greenland, Ruth Dixon, Shabbir Ali Khan, Kithsiri Gunawardena, Jimmy H Kihara, Jennifer L Smith, Lesley Drake, Prerna Makkar, Sri Raman, Sarman Singh, Sanjay Kumar   +10 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Effect of deworming on school-aged children's physical fitness, cognition and clinical parameters in a malaria-helminth co-endemic area of Côte d'Ivoire [PDF]

, 2014
Malaria and helminth infections are thought to negatively affect children's nutritional status and to impair their physical and cognitive development. Yet, the current evidence-base is weak.
Silué, Kigbafori D., Houngbedji, Clarisse A., Eveline Hürlimann, Giovanna Raso, N'Dri, Prisca B., Raso, Giovanna, Utzinger, Jürg, Coulibaly, Jean T., Prisca B N’Dri, Jean T Coulibaly, Dominique Bänninger, Clarisse A Houngbedji, Peiling Yap, Bänninger, Dominique, Yap, Peiling, N'Goran, Eliézer K., Hürlimann, Eveline, Kigbafori D Silué, Eliézer K N’Goran, Jürg Utzinger   +19 more
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Effects of Video‐Based Health Education on Birth Outcomes and Anaemia Status of Mothers in Dirashe District South Ethiopia: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

Maternal &Child Nutrition, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Undernutrition and infections during pregnancy result in low birth weight (LBW) and maternal anaemia. Social behaviour change communication (SBCC) can promote recommended health practices, potentially improving maternal and neonatal outcomes.
Wanzahun Godana Boynito, Kidus Temesgen Worsa, Befikadu Tariku Gutema, Yordanos Gizachew Yeshitila, Godana Yaya Tessema, Tsegaye Yohanis, Stefaan De Henauw, Piet Cools, Bruno Levecke, Souheila Abbeddou   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Soil-Transmitted Helminths Infections, Malnutrition and Anaemia Among Primary School Children in Same District [PDF]

, 2012
Soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) are major public health problems in several tropical and subtropical developing countries with poor socio-economic status.
Munisi, David Zadock
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Health education and the control of intestinal worm infections in China : a new vision [PDF]

, 2014
The transmission of soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) is associated with poverty, poor hygiene behaviour, lack of clean water and inadequate waste disposal and sanitation.
Stewart, Donald, Allen G Ross, Kate Halton, Yang Henglin, Ross, Allen G., Yuan, Li-Ping, McManus, Donald, Clements, Archie A., Olveda, Remigio M, Archie CA Clements, Yue-Sheng Li, Yap, Peiling, Xiao-Nong Zhou, Gray, Darren J, Williams, Gail M., Olveda, Remigio, Gray, Darren J., Li, Yue-Sheng, Zhou, Xiao-Nong, Remigio M Olveda, Gray, Darren, Du, Zun-Wei, Soares Magalhaes, Ricardo J., Ross, Allen, Darren J Gray, Steinmann, Peter, Tallo, Veronica, Williams, Gail M, Gail M Williams, Bieri, Franziska A., Clements, Archie Ca, Henglin, Yang, Ricardo J Magalhães, Peter Steinmann, Ross, Allen G, Clements, Archie C.A., Li-Ping Yuan, McManus, Donald P, Magalhaes, Ricardo J Soares, Veronica Tallo, Zun-Wei Du, Clements, Archie C. A., Franziska A Bieri, Magalhães, Ricardo J, Giovanna Raso, Zun-Wei, Du, McManus, Donald P., Raso, Giovanna, Donald P McManus, Li, Yue-Sheng., Yang, Henglin, Magalhães, Ricardo J. Soares, Bieri, Franziska A, Peiling Yap, Olveda, Remigio M., Donald Stewart, Bieri, Franziska, Halton, Kate   +57 more
core   +1 more source

International Survey on Screening and Management of Strongyloidiasis in Solid Organ Transplant Patients

Transplant Infectious Disease, EarlyView.
This international cross‐sectional survey of healthcare workers caring for solid organ transplant patients identified knowledge gaps regarding Strongyloides transmission and mortality, particularly among non‐infectious disease providers. Screening strategies varied geographically, with universal screening more common in endemic areas and targeted ...
Jacques Simkins, Akshatha Ravindra, Cameron R. Wolfe, Alessandra Mularoni, Monica Slavin, Ines Ushiro‐Lumb, John W. Baddley, Jonathan Hand, Stephanie Pouch, Maricar Malinis, Maristela P. Freire, Marcelo Radisic, Matthew B. Roberts, Ban Hock Tan, Siriorn Watcharananan, Wanessa T. Clemente   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Intestinal parasite prevalence in an area of Ethiopia after implementing the SAFE strategy, enhanced outreach services, and health extension program [PDF]

, 2013
The SAFE strategy aims to reduce transmission of Chlamydia trachomatis through antibiotics, improved hygiene, and sanitation. We integrated assessment of intestinal parasites into large-scale trachoma impact surveys to determine whether documented ...
Hopkins, Donald R., Utzinger, Jürg, Ngondi, Jeremiah, Genetu Alemtaye (418741), Hopkins Donald R., Hanspeter Marti, Berhanu Melak (325349), Elisabeth Escher, Emerson Paul M., Jonathan D King, Genetu Alemtaye, Odermatt Peter, Utzinger Jürg, Peter Odermatt, Paul M. Emerson (43378), Demelash Gesese (418746), Zerihun, Mulat, Berhanu Melak, Donald R Hopkins, Melak Berhanu, Elisabeth Escher (418740), Melak, Berhanu, Hanspeter Marti (224864), Woyneshet Gelaye, Adugna Mitku, Escher, Elisabeth, Melaku, Sileabatt, Worku, Abebe, Aryc W Mosher, Ngondi Jeremiah, Abebe Worku (418744), Zerihun Mulat, Jürg Utzinger (39609), Sileabatt Melaku (418742), Jonathan D. King (219012), Paul M Emerson, Marti, Hanspeter, Sileabatt Melaku, Adugna, Mitku, Mitku Adugna, Mosher, Aryc W., Tadesse Zerihun, Gesese Demelash, Demelash Gesese, Zerihun Tadesse (325347), Teferi, Tesfaye, Endeshaw Tekola, Woyneshet Gelaye (418743), Gelaye Woyneshet, Alemtaye Genetu, Escher Elisabeth, Aryc W. Mosher (43386), Abebe Worku, Jürg Utzinger, Gelaye, Woyneshet, Donald R. Hopkins (342222), Tekola Endeshaw (43384), Tekola Endeshaw, Mulat Zerihun, Mulat Zerihun (43387), Mosher Aryc W., Jeremiah Ngondi, Endeshaw, Tekola, Odermatt, Peter, Gesese, Demelash, Tesfaye Teferi (325348), Melaku Sileabatt, Jeremiah Ngondi (43379), Marti Hanspeter, King, Jonathan D., Alemtaye, Genetu, Peter Odermatt (148926), Zerihun Tadesse, Worku Abebe, Tadesse, Zerihun, Emerson, Paul M., Mitku Adugna (418745), Tesfaye Teferi, King Jonathan D., Teferi Tesfaye   +79 more
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Soil-transmitted helminth infections and nutritional status of school children in government elementary schools in Jimma Town, Southwestern Ethiopia

SAGE Open Medicine, 2020
Introduction: Soil-transmitted helminth infections and malnutrition are major health problems of school-age children in developing countries. Malnutrition and soil-transmitted helminth infections often co-exist with synergetic consequences.
Zeleke Mekonnen, Derartu Hassen, Serkadis Debalke, Abebaw Tiruneh, Yaregal Asres, Legese Chelkeba, Endalew Zemene, Tefera Belachew   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source