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Soil-transmitted helminth infection among school-age children in Ogoja, Nigeria: implication for control
The study aimed at assessing the prevalence and risk factors of soil-transmitted helminthiases among school-aged children in Ogoja Local Government...
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Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis
The human burden of soil-transmitted helminthiasis is highest in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) than in other parts of the world. The major parasites that...
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Iron deficiency and soil-transmitted helminth infection: classic and neglected connections
Beyond participating in the oxygen transport by red blood cells, iron is an essential micronutrient and contributes to different physiological...
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Investigating the effect of a school-based WASH intervention on soil-transmitted helminth and schistosome infections and nutritional status of school children in Ethiopia: a quasi-experimental study
BackgroundThe impact of access to improved water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and health education on large-scale deworming programs aimed at...
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Association between water, sanitation, and hygiene access and the prevalence of soil-transmitted helminth and schistosome infections in Wolayita, Ethiopia
BackgroundThe Geshiyaro project is a 5-year intervention to assess the impact of community- and school-based water, sanitation, and hygiene (WaSH)...
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Anthelmintic resistance in soil-transmitted helminths: One-Health considerations
The One-Health approach recognizes the intricate connection between human, animal, and environmental health, and that cooperative effort from various...
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Management of paediatric soil-transmitted helminthiasis in a non-endemic area: experience in a reference international health unit
Soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections inflict disability worldwide, especially in the poorest communities. Current therapeutic options against...
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Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis
Soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH) is estimated to infect more than 1 billion people worldwide, especially in tropical and subtropical countries....
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Gut microbiome of helminth-infected indigenous Malaysians is context dependent
BackgroundWhile microbiomes in industrialized societies are well characterized, indigenous populations with traditional lifestyles have microbiomes...
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Progress from morbidity control to elimination as a public health problem of schistosomiasis and the status of soil-transmitted helminth infection in Togo: a second impact assessment after ten rounds of mass drug administration
BackgroundDue to the burden of schistosomiasis (SCH) and soil-transmitted helminths (STH), Togo Ministry of Health launched a program for Preventive...
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Phytochemical analysis and anthelmintic activity of Combretum mucronatum leaf extract against infective larvae of soil-transmitted helminths including ruminant gastrointestinal nematodes
BackgroundSoil-transmitted helminths (STH) infect more than a quarter of the world’s human population. In the absence of vaccines for most animal and...
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Why Are We Still a Worm World in the 2020s? An Overview of Risk Factors and Endemicity for Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis
PurposeSoil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH) is one of the most common chronic infections in develo** countries associated with poor socioeconomic...
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Epidemiology of soil-transmitted helminths using quantitative PCR and risk factors for hookworm and Necator americanus infection in school children in Dak Lak province, Vietnam
BackgroundSoil-transmitted helminth (STH) infection is driven by a complex interaction of demographic, socioeconomic and behavioural factors,...
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A strong effect of individual compliance with mass drug administration for lymphatic filariasis on sustained clearance of soil-transmitted helminth infections
BackgroundThe impact of semiannual mass drug administration (MDA) with albendazole (ALB; 400 mg) alone on lymphatic filariasis (LF) and...
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Soil-transmitted helminth infections in free-ranging non-human primates from Cameroon and Gabon
BackgroundZoonotic diseases are a serious threat to both public health and animal conservation. Most non-human primates (NHP) are facing the threat...
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Microbial regulation of intestinal motility provides resistance against helminth infection
Soil-transmitted helminths cause widespread disease, infecting ~1.5 billion people living within poverty-stricken regions of tropical and subtropical...
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Factors determining preventive chemotherapy uptake against soil-transmitted helminthiasis among school-age children in Ghana
By 2020, the World Health Organization and the Ghana Neglected Tropical Diseases programme intended to treat 75% and 100% of school-age children,...
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Tissue-specific immunity in helminth infections
A characteristic feature of host responses to helminth infections is the development of profound systemic and tissue-localised Type 2 immune...
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Systematic review to evaluate a potential association between helminth infection and physical stunting in children
BackgroundDespite considerable public health efforts over the past 20 years, childhood stunting (physical and/or cognitive) levels globally remain...
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National map** of soil-transmitted helminth and schistosome infections in Ethiopia
BackgroundAn accurate understanding of the geographical distributions of both soil-transmitted helminths (STHs; Ascaris lumbricoides , Trichuris...
