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Risk map development for soil-transmitted helminth infections in Argentina
(Public Library of Science, 2020-02)
Background: Soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) comprise a group of helminth parasites that are included in the list of Neglected Tropical Diseases and require a passage through the soil to become infective. Several studies ...
Prevalence of soil-transmitted helminths after mass albendazole administration in an indigenous community of the Manu jungle in Peru
(Taylor and Francis, 2014)
Few data are available on the epidemiology of soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) in indigenous populations of the Peruvian Amazon. While albendazole is being increasingly used in deworming campaigns, few data exist on the ...
The Right Tool for the Job: Detection of Soil-Transmitted Helminths in Areas Co-endemic for Other Helminths
(Public Library of Science, 2015)
Parasitological Survey of Schoolchildren from a High-Altitude Community from Tucumán Province, Argentina. Remarkable Low Detection of Soil-Transmitted Helminths in Comparison with Coastal Communities
(Malaysian Society of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, 2015-12)
The prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections among schoolchildren in Colalao del Valle, a high-altitude community in Tucumán province, Argentina, was investigated. The data revealed a high prevalence of parasitism ...
Toward the 2020 goal of soil-transmitted helminthiasis control and elimination
(Public Library of Science, 2018-08)
On May 22, 2001, a resolution passed during the 54th World Health Assembly (WHA 54.19) took an historic step toward reducing the morbidity and mortality associated with the world’s most common parasitic worm (helminth) ...
Feasibility of Training Community Health Workers to Use Smartphone-Attached Microscopy for Point-of-Care Visualization of Soil-Transmitted Helminths in the Peruvian Amazon.
(American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2023)
The prevalence of soil-transmitted helminths (STH) is high in communities within the Peruvian Amazon despite repeated mass-drug administration, demanding alternative strategies of control. Smartphone-attached microscopy ...
Challenges and opportunities for control and elimination of soil-transmitted helminth infection beyond 2020
(Public Library of Science, 2019-04-11)
More than half of the world’s population lives in places endemic for soil-transmitted helminths (STHs), and an estimated 1.45 billion people are infected. In 2017, the global burden of STH infection (Ascaris lumbricoides, ...
Impacto del tratamiento en masa a largo plazo con ivermectina en la infecci??n por geohelmintos en el nroeste de Ecuador
(Programa de p??s-gradua????o em sa??de coletiva, 2008)
Evaluating the role of intestinal parasites in the high rates of irritable bowel syndrome in South America: a pilot study
(Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre CAS, 2015)
There is limited data on the role of intestinal parasites in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in South America. We evaluated the association between intestinal parasitism and IBS status in Peru. Intestinal parasites were ...