the National Research and Innovation Agency of Indonesia(BRIN)for generously funding this project.
Objective:To assess prevalence and factors associated with soil-transmitted helminth(STH)infections among rural school children.Methods:This school-based survey applied a cross-sectional design which included children...
Zoonotic hookworm infections remain a significant public health problem,causing nearly 500 milion cases globally and approximately four million disability-adjusted life years lost annually.More than one-fth of these c...
Introduction: Soil-transmitted helminthic infection (STHI) is a common public health challenge of children in the most deprived communities in low income countries. In the long-term, STHI can cause developmental and g...
supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(2020YFC1200100);the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Science and Technology(BM2018020);the Jiangsu Provincial Project of Invigorating Health Care through Science,Technology,and Education(ZDXKA2016016)。
Background:Soil-transmitted helminths(STH)infections still present a global health problem.Mass drug adminis‑tration(MDA)is a widely applied strategy to reduce morbidity and mortality caused by STH.Yet,this approach h...
supported by the Ganzi Prefecture Workgroup Projects for Echinococcosis Prevention and Control,China CDC(2016-07,2017-06,2018-02,2019-02);the NHC Key Laboratory of Echinococcosis Prevention and Control Project(Supported by the Non-profit Central Research Institute Fund of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences,2019PT320004);the Key R&D Transformation Projects,Qinghai(2020-SF-133).
What is already known about this topic?Existing manual deworming programs launched have made great progress in reducing the Echinococcus infection rate of domestic dogs,but significant challenges remain in scattered n...
Background:Soil-transmitted helminthiasis(STH)and schistosomiasis are parasitic infections prevalent in tropical and subtropical countries,such as the Philippines.The prevalence of these infections remain high in cert...
This fields study was supported by the project of Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture station for echinococcosis control,China CDC.
Background:Canines,the definitive hosts for the parasites causing alveolar(AE)and cystic echinococcosis(CE),are the main source of this infections playing the key role in the transmission.The ten-year mortality rate o...
The trial was supported by the Dissecting the Immunological Interplay between Poverty Related Diseases and Helminth Infections:An African-European Research Initiative(IDEA)consortium,which is funded by the European Union through its FP7-HEALTH-2009 programme;SK is supported by a PhD training fellowship from THRiVE(Training Health Researchers into Vocational Excellence in East Africa)consortium;which is funded by the Wellcome Trust(087540);SJB is supported by a Wellcome Trust Senior Fellowship in Basic Biomedical Science(098045);which also supports RLP.
Background:School-based deworming is widely implemented in various countries to reduce the burden of soil-transmitted helminths(STHs),however,the frequency of drug administration varies in different settings.In this s...
funding support from the CAS(Grant No.KZZD-EW-06-02)
Despite increasing institutional and financial support, certain public health issues are still neglected by the Chinese Government. The present paper examines the soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infection and reinfe...
Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1/AIDS and Schis tosoma mansoni are widespread in sub Saharan Africa and co-infection occurs commonly.Since the early 1990s,it has been suggested that the two infections may interact and p...