Intestinal parasites are very common and represent a public health problem worldwide. Despite all the mass drug distribution strategies, these diseases still pose a public health problem in Senegal. It is in this cont...
Helminths or Parasitic worms of humans may cause chronic and sometimes deadly diseases,considered as neglected tropical diseases(NTDs)that infect around two billion people worldwide.Plants have been used as anthelmint...
The WHO reports that billions of people and animals in tropical and subtropical regions are affected by helminthiasis as neglected tropical disease. It is predominant in underdeveloped areas;nevertheless, the increase...
the UBS Optimus Foundation(grant No.9051);joint World Health Organization Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases NWestern Pacific Region small grants scheme for implementation research in infectious diseases of poverty(grant No.2016/664127-0);the Fourth Round of the Three-Year Public Health Action Plan(2015-2017)in Shanghai(grant No.GWTD2015S06).
Background:Helminthiases have placed a huge burden of disease on the population in China.However,widespread control activities have led to significant achievements.As health education has been widely disseminated and ...
Provision of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) resources has been advocated as necessary add-on strategy for sustainable control of soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH) alongside annual mass drug administration (MD...
This study is funded as part of the COUNTDOWN research programme consortium,by the Research and Evidence Division of the Department for International Development,UK;The funders had no role in study design,decision to publish,or preparation of the manuscript。
Background:The crater lakes of Barombi Mbo and Barombi Kotto are well-known transmission foci of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis having had several important control initiatives previously.To collec...
Background: Significant iron deficiency anaemia is a major concern in children with helminthiasis, because it may eventually contribute to the growing health challenges of severe anaemia This descriptive cross section...
AIM:Intestinal parasitic diseases are commonly accompanied with diarrhoeal symptoms and allergic reactions.Eosinophilia occurs as a result of IL-5 synthesized from Th2 cells during allergic reactions.IL-5 acts as a fa...