NHC Key Laboratory of Echinococcosis Prevention and Control,China(Grant No.2024WZK1001);Gansu Provincial Health Industry Research Plan Project(Grant No.GSWSKY2017-19);the Natural Science Foundation of Gansu Province,China(Grant No.21JR11RA182).
Background Echinococcosis is an infectious parasitic disease that is extremely harmful to human health.Albendazole is provided free of charge to patients requiring medication under the central government finance trans...
Supported by the Guiding Program Project of Qinghai Provincial Health Commission,No.2020-wjzdx-27.
Alveolar echinococcosis(AE)is a chronic zoonotic parasitic disease caused by infection with Echinococcus multilocularis.AE is associated with a high mortality rate and poses a significant threat to human health.The pr...
Funding is provided by The Bill&Melinda Gates Foundation(OPP1129535)。
Background Soil-transmitted helminths(STH)affect approximately 1.5 billion people globally.The current STH control strategy is annual or twice-annual preventive chemotherapy,typically school-based deworming targeting ...
Objective:To assess efficacy of albendazole against Ascaris(A.)lumbricoides among school-children at three sites of Rajahmundry,Sundergarh and Wayanad.Methods:Sites were selected based on soil-transmitted helminths pr...
BACKGROUNDParagonimiasis is a typical food-borne zoonotic disease. Hosts acquire Paragonimusinfection through the ingestion of raw or undercooked crayfish and crab.The clinical manifestations of the disease are varied...
Background Current soil-transmitted helminth(STH)control guidelines endorse the use of albendazole or meben-dazole for school-based targeted preventive chemotherapy(PC),yet their reduced efficacy against Strongyloides...
Background Mass drug administration(MDA)program of albendazole to at-risk populations as preventive chemo-therapy is the core public health intervention to control soil-transmitted helminths(STHs).Achieving this goal ...
The National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.81703281);NHC Key Laboratory of Echinococcosis Prevention and Control,China(No.2021WZK1006).
Summary What is already known about this topic?In China,patients with echinococcosis receive complimentary healthcare services,such as medical treatment,diagnostic examinations,and follow-up care.Despite this,no studi...
Rationale:Neurocysticercosis is a neglected tropical disease caused by the larvae of Taenia solium and may occur in immunocompetent people.We report a case of diffuse parenchymal neurocysticercosis mimicking tuberculo...
We read the article titled,“Long-term follow-up of liver alveolar echinococcosis using echinococcosis multilocularis ultrasound classification,”by Schuhbaur J with great interest.However,we found some worthwhile iss...