T. Trichiura
Spatial distribution and populations at risk of A lumbricoides and T trichiura co infections and infection intensity classes: an ecological study
... and T. trichiura co-infections and ...and T. trichiura co-infections was signifi- cantly higher in areas of lower greenness (dry areas), which is consistent with the findings of our previous ...
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The public health significance of Trichuris trichiura
... harbour T. trichiura, including 114 million preschool-age children and 233 million school-age ...of T. trichiura is high and may reach 95 % in children in many parts of the world where protein ...
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Patent Human Infections with the Whipworm, Trichuris trichiura, Are Not Associated with Alterations in the Faecal Microbiota
... 1,000 T. trichiura ova ...experimental T. trichiura infections of rhesus macaque ...with T. trichiura in humans, the presence of parasites are not associated with marked ...
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The impact of an 8 year mass drug administration programme on prevalence, intensity and co infections of soil transmitted helminthiases in Burundi
... and T. trichiura, for years 2007 to 2011 (Additional file 1: Figure ...and T. trichiura co-infections and no cases of a triple infection evident in this ...
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Association of community sanitation usage with soil transmitted helminth infections among school aged children in Amhara Region, Ethiopia
... quality concerns (Fig. 1). The methods and results of these surveys have been described previously [13–15]. Briefly, surveys used a multi-stage cluster random sampling methodology and were powered to estimate zonal prev- ...
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Efficacy of Albendazole in Reducing Fecal Egg Counts of Soil Transmitted Helminths in School Children.
... Trichuris trichiura and hookworms are the most important and the most prevalent soil transmitted ...and T. trichiura) from contaminated soil or by penetration of the skin by larvae in the soil ...
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Patterns of geohelminth infection, impact of albendazole treatment and re infection after treatment in schoolchildren from rural KwaZulu Natal/South Africa
... The cumulative prevalence of all three geohelminths com- bined was as follows: At baseline 90.0% of the pupils were infected with one or more species, 55.9% were infected with two or more species and 30.9% of the ...
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The Effectiveness of Albendazole-Levamisole and Mebendazole-Levamisole on the Intensity of Trichuris trichiura Infection in Elementary School Children
... Background: Trichuris trichiura worm infec- tion is still a major public health problem in Indonesia, especially in peripheral areas. Until now, the search for antihelmintic combinations that have a high healing ...
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The presence of serum anti-Ascaris lumbricoides IgE antibodies and of Trichuris trichiura infection are risk factors for wheezing and/or atopy in preschool-aged Brazilian children
... infection, T. trichiura infection, and incidence of diarrhoea) in the 682 studied ...1.04;1.97]. T. trichiura infection was also positively associated with wheezing by both analyses [OR = ...
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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
... The Kato-Katz technique is a widely used method for diagnosing soil-transmitted helminth infections in epi- demiological surveys [14]. Usually, multiple Kato-Katz thick smears are examined per study participant to in- ...
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Regional variation in Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura infections by age cohort and sex: effects of market integration among the indigenous Shuar of Amazonian Ecuador
... This preliminary study examined the association between MI and STH infection patterns across the lifespan in an unstudied setting, contributing unique data toward an im- proved epidemiological understanding of factors ...
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Sensitivity and Specificity of Multiple Kato-Katz Thick Smears and a Circulating Cathodic Antigen Test for Schistosoma mansoni Diagnosis Pre- and Post-repeated-Praziquantel Treatment
... marked with unique child IDs, were collected on three consecutive days, between 10:00 and 12:00 hours. Two 41.7 mg Kato-Katzs were prepared per stool and read onsite using a compound microscope with natural light source, ...
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Analysis of the population level impact of co administering ivermectin with albendazole or mebendazole for the control and elimination of Trichuris trichiura
... against T. trichiura (Keiser and Utzinger, 2008; Vercruysse et ...against T. trichiura, which is estimated to in- fect ...Heavy T. trichiura infections can lead to severe ...
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Self rated quality of life and school performance in relation to helminth infections: case study from Yunnan, People's Republic of China
... Our study has several drawbacks, which are offered for discussion. Firstly, the overall sample size (final cohort: 252 individuals) was small. Secondly, only a single stool sample was subjected to duplicate Kato-Katz ...
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Efficacy and safety of ivermectin and albendazole co administration in school aged children and adults infected with Trichuris trichiura: study protocol for a multi country randomized controlled double blind trial
... Trichuris trichiura (whipworm) and Necator americanus or Ancylostoma duodenale (hook- worms), the most common STHs, account for an annual burden of ...of T. trichiura or ...
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Maternal Geohelminth Infections are Associated with an Increased Susceptibility to Geohelminth Infection in Children: A Case-Control Study.
... Methods and Findings: We did a case-control study nested in a birth cohort in Ecuador. Data from 1,004 children aged 7 months to 3 years were analyzed. Cases were defined as children with Ascaris lumbricoides and/or ...
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Prevalence and risk factors of Ascaris lumbricoides (Linnaeus, 1758), Trichuris trichiura (Linnaeus, 1771) and HBV infections in Southwestern China: a community based cross sectional study
... We found no significant differences between gender, occupation, race, education or household income and HBV, A. lumbricoides and T. trichiura . First of all, restricted to the study field, 96.8 % of the ...
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Evaluating Effect of Albendazole on Trichuris trichiura Infection: A Systematic Review Article
... lumbricoides, T. trichiura, and the two hookworm species including An- cylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus, which are intestinal worms, are the most common infections ...with T. ...
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A genetic analysis of Trichuris trichiura and Trichuris suis from Ecuador
... Trichuris trichiura infects around 465 million people worldwide [1], being especially prevalent where hygiene and sanitation are ...of T. trichiura and ...that T. trichiura can ...
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Epidemiological and clinical correlates of malaria helminth co infections in southern Ethiopia
... However, a strong association between worm burden as expressed by egg intensity and malaria parasite density was observed which suggest that with the time course of the infection, such patients with high density of both ...
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