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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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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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Environmental interventions and the pattern of geohelminth infections in Salvador, Brazil. [PDF]

, 2004
This paper reports a longitudinal study, conducted in 1989/90, of 1893 children aged 5 to 14 years in 9 poor urban areas of the city of Salvador (population 2.44 million), capital of Bahia State in northeast Brazil.
Moraes, LRS, Cairncross, S
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Parasitas intestinais em centros de educação infantil municipal de Lages, SC, Brasil Intestinal parasites in nursey schools of Lages, southern Brazil

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2004
Infecção por enteroparasitas foi avaliada em 200 crianças em idade escolar, residentes em Lages. A prevalência geral entre helmintos e protozoários foi de 70,5% com 61,4% no sexo masculino e 74,5% no feminino.
Rosiléia Marinho de Quadros, Sandra Marques, Andréia Aparecida Ribeiro Arruda, Patrícia Simone Wolff Rosa Delfes, Íris Aparecida Azevedo Medeiros   +4 more
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Anthelmintic treatment follow up in a rural community in Camamu, Bahia, Brazil

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2023
Enteroparasites are an important public health problem and the treatment seeks to cure and reduce transmission. The aim of this study was to evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of anthelmintic treatment in individuals living in a rural community area in ...
MARINA M.B. FARIAS, NILO MANOEL P.V. BARRETO, WESLEI A.C. ARAÚJO, CÍNTIA DE LIMA OLIVEIRA, NOILSON LÁZARO S. GONÇALVES, KAMILA S.S. CAMPAGNOLLO, MÁRCIA CRISTINA A. TEIXEIRA, BERNARDO GALVÃO-CASTRO, NECI M. SOARES, JOELMA N. DE SOUZA   +9 more
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Long-term periodic anthelmintic treatments are associated with increased allergen skin reactivity. [PDF]

, 2010
BACKGROUND: The low prevalence of allergic disease in the rural tropics has been attributed to the protective effects of chronic helminth infections. There is concern that treatment-based control programmes for these parasites may lead to an increase in ...
Oviedo, G, M. Vaca, I. Quinzo, L. C. Rodrigues, Rodriguez, A, Rodrigues, LC, Moncayo, A-L, M. E. Chico, Chico, ME, G. Oviedo, Lovato, R, Endara, P, P. J. Cooper, R. Lovato, M. L. Barreto, Quinzo, I, A.-L. Moncayo, P. Endara, Vaca, M, Erazo, S, A. Rodriguez, Barreto, ML, S. Erazo, Moncayo, AL, Cooper, PJ   +24 more
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STUDY ON THE LATENT IRON DEFICIENCY IN PATIENTS WITH TRICHURIASIS [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Public Health, 1998
Trichuriasis is an intestinal parasitic disease which is caused by Trichuris trichiura, a soil transmitted helminth. In order to evaluate the iron status of trichuriasis in patients a total of 120 (49 males and 71 females) cases with Trichuris trichiura ...
S.M. Sadjjadi, J. Massoud   +1 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
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PREVALENCE OF INTESTINAL PARASITES INFECTION IN SOME AREAS OF AL-QUIM / AL-ANBAR GOVERNORATE [PDF]

مجلة جامعة الانبار للعلوم الصرفة, 2012
Samples of 896 patients visited Al –Q uim general hospital and also , four different random of soil samples were taken from outside and inside doors to examine the presence of gastric parasites during the year .
SUAD SHALLAL AL-FAHDAWI
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Prevalence of Intestinal Parasitic Infections Among Students Attending Schools in La'elay Maichew District, Tigray Region, Ethiopia

Health Science Reports, Volume 9, Issue 6, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Intestinal parasitic infections (IPIs) remain a significant public health challenge across Ethiopia, including the Tigray region, where school‐age children (SAC) are particularly vulnerable. The La'elay Maichew district, characterized by rural agrarian and irrigated settings and the 2020–2022 armed conflict, may experience ...
Teklay Abrha Yanshet, Gebremedhin Gebrezgabiher, Melese Birmeka   +2 more
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