Soil Transmitted Helminths
Can chemotherapy alone eliminate the transmission of soil transmitted helminths?
... of soil transmitted helminths (STH) by mass or targeted chemotherapy has increased steadily in the past 10 years due to generous donations from international aid agencies in the richer countries, ...
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Effects of soil- transmitted helminths and schistosoma species on nutritional status of children in Mwea Irrigation Scheme, Kenya
... of soil- transmitted helminths and schistosomiasis in the community [10,11] There are no toilet facilities in the vast open area in the paddies and since farmers spend most of their time in the field ...
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Current status of soil-transmitted helminths among school children in Kakamega County, Western Kenya
... detect soil-transmitted helminths ...of helminths was determined by presence of egg counts of soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) in defined quantities of stool using ...
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Epidemiology of coinfection with soil transmitted helminths and Plasmodium falciparum among school children in Bumula District in western Kenya
... rent soil-transmitted helminth species [1–11]. Helminths are known to invoke strong immune responses [12] and it has been suggested that they affect malaria-specific immune responses which may, in ...
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Prevalence of soil transmitted helminths and Schistosoma mansoni among a population based sample of school age children in Amhara region, Ethiopia
... with soil-transmitted helminths (STH) and that 207 million people currently have schistosomiasis, 90% of whom are living in sub-Saharan Af- rica [1, ...
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Inclusion of edaphic predictors for enhancement of models to determine distribution of soil transmitted helminths: the case of Zimbabwe
... The results of this study provide empirical support to the hypothesis that the inclusion of edaphic variables im- proves model performance when predicting the distribu- tion of STHs at country scale. A consistent ...
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Knowledge, attitudes and practices on schistosomiasis and soil transmitted helminths among caregivers in Ingwavuma area in uMkhanyakude district, South Africa
... and soil-transmitted helminths (STH) are the most prevalent neglected tropical diseases (NTD) among disadvantaged communities in rural areas ...the soil and Albendazole for ...
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<p>Soil-Transmitted Helminths And Other Intestinal Parasites Among Schoolchildren In Southern Ethiopia</p>
... Results: Out of 384 schoolchildren enrolled for the study, 260 (67.7%) were infected with one or more intestinal parasites. The predominantly identi fi ed parasite was Ascaris lumbri- coides 146 (38.0%) followed by ...
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Prevalence of intestinal parasites and the absence of soil transmitted helminths in Añatuya, Santiago del Estero, Argentina
... Intestinal parasites (IP) are a group of cosmopolitan par- asites that include protozoan and helminth species. These IP, especially some protozoans, affect both rural and urban human populations. Moreover, some species ...
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Cost effectiveness of scaling up mass drug administration for the control of soil transmitted helminths : a comparison of cost function and constant costs analyses
... a soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) transmission model—focusing on Ascaris lumbricoides— to investigate the eff ect of taking into account versus ignoring economies of scale on the costs and cost-eff ...
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Soil transmitted helminths and schistosoma mansoni infections among school children in zarima town, northwest Ethiopia
... Prevalence of STH and S.mansoni was quite high and the diseases were still major health problem in the study area. Because of rapid reinfection following chemother- apy, the highly effective drugs now available and the ...
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Results of a national school based deworming programme on soil transmitted helminths infections and schistosomiasis in Kenya: 2012–2017
... Soil-transmitted helminths (STH: Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura, and the hookworms, Necator ameri- canus and Ancylostoma duodenale) and schistosomes (Schistosoma mansoni and Schistosoma ...
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PREVALENCE OF SOIL TRANSMITTED HELMINTHS INFECTIONS AMONG PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN IN UMUOHAMA UKPOR IN ANAMBRA STATE, NIGERIA
... Intestinal protozoan infections are of public health importance globally, particularly among children of school going age and the immunocomprimised (Gelaw et al., 2013; Obala et al., 2013). Protozoan parasites contribute ...
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The role of water, sanitation and hygiene interventions in reducing soil transmitted helminths: interpreting the evidence and identifying next steps
... transmission soil transmitted helminths (STH) occurs via ingestion of or contact with infective stages present in soil contaminated with human ...
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Schistosomiasis and soil transmitted helminths among an adult population in a war affected area, Southern Kordofan state, Sudan
... and soil-transmitted helminths in a war affected area of ...and soil-transmitted helminths (STH) has been a matter of great public health concern throughout Africa, and the world ...
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Modeling the interruption of the transmission of soil transmitted helminths by repeated mass chemotherapy of school age children
... The neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) have been an increasing focus of attention in recent years as possible targets for infectious disease elimination or greatly improved control [1]. Donations from government aid ...
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Schistosoma haematobium hotspots in south Nyanza, western Kenya: prevalence, distribution and co endemicity with Schistosoma mansoni and soil transmitted helminths
... In line with the emphasis laid by the World Health Organization (WHO) in creating predictive Schistosome- distribution maps, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is employed in mapping the spatial patterns of human ...
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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
... common soil-transmitted helminths (STH; As- caris lumbricoides , hookworms and Trichuris trichiura ) infect approximately ...of soil-transmitted helminth- iasis has been estimated as ...
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Influence of nutrition on infection and re infection with soil transmitted helminths: a systematic review
... of soil-transmitted helminth infections are found, it is not surprising that a considerable fraction of un- dernourished people are simultaneously infected with soil-transmitted ...harbouring ...
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Pooling as a strategy for the timely diagnosis of soil transmitted helminths in stool: value and reproducibility
... Background: The strategy of pooling stool specimens has been extensively used in the field of parasitology in order to facilitate the screening of large numbers of samples whilst minimizing the prohibitive cost of single ...
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