Epidemiology of soil-transmitted helminth infections in Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia

Global epidemiology, ecology and control of soil-transmitted helminth infections.

Soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections are among the most prevalent of chronic human infections worldwide. Based on the demonstrable impact on child development, there is a global commitment to finance and implement control strategies with a focus on school-based chemotherapy programmes. The major obstacle to the implementation of cost-effective control is the lack of accurate descriptions ...

Schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminth infections.

Prevalence of soil-transmitted helminth infections in the rural population of Bali, Indonesia.

The objectives of this cross-sectional study were to identify the prevalence of soil-transmitted helminth infection in the rural population of Bali and its relation to age, gender, and geoclimatic conditions. The subjects of study were derived from four villages of different geoclimatic conditions, namely wet lowland, dry lowland, wet highland and dry highland, by a multistage, stratified rando...

Differential human gut microbiome assemblages during soil-transmitted helminth infections in Indonesia and Liberia.

BACKGROUND The human intestine and its microbiota is the most common infection site for soil-transmitted helminths (STHs), which affect the well-being of ~ 1.5 billion people worldwide. The complex cross-kingdom interactions are not well understood. RESULTS A cross-sectional analysis identified conserved microbial signatures positively or negatively associated with STH infections across Liber...

Diagnosis, epidemiology and control of soil-transmitted helminth infections in Zanzibar, Tanzania