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...
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...
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...
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...
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...