There has been substantial progress over the past decade in efforts to reduce morbidity from soil-transmitted helminth infections (STH). Morbidity control through preventative chemotherapy (PC) has been embraced by endemic countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) and by partners as a clear and achievable goal. Few global health programs have achieved delivery of an intervention at a scale...

Background Soil-transmitted helminths (STH) infections remain an important public health problem in the tropics. This study aimed to evaluate the soil contamination rate and prevalence of infestations of geohelminth among residents in Bazou. Methods Four hundred (400) soil samples and 182 stool specimens were collected respectively from four sites and from inhabitants aged 1 to 40 years and a...

Growth hormone (somatotropin—STH) deficiency therapy requires daily injections of recombinant human growth hormone. The FDA approved treatment with STH one dose per week for the first time in 2021. However, injectable drug application is accompanied by numerous inconveniences. Therefore, an attempt was made to formulate a less invasive formulation topical skin. A substrate prepared based on pol...

BACKGROUND Empirical evidence suggests that the prevalence of soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections in remote and poor rural areas is still high among children, the most vulnerable to infection. There is concern that STH infections may detrimentally affect children's healthy development, including their cognitive ability, nutritional status, and school performance. Medical studies have not...

BACKGROUND Children aged between one and five years are particularly vulnerable to disease caused by soil-transmitted helminths (STH). Periodic deworming has been shown to improve growth, micronutrient status (iron and vitamin A), and motor and language development in preschool children and justifies the inclusion of this age group in deworming programmes. Our objectives were to describe the pr...

Introduction Parasitic helminth infections, including lymphatic filariasis (LF), schistosomiasis and soiltransmitted helminthiasis (STH), are prevalent and often co-exist among poor populations in the developing world. Schistosomiasis and STH have particularly high prevalence among school-aged children, and LF is also more prevalent in this population than previously thought. Ivermectin (IVM) a...

Photobleaching of self-trapped holes STH in low temperature UV-irradiated silica glass has been investigated by the electron spin resonance method. The bleaching time dependence of the decay of two kinds of STH, STH1, and STH2, could be well fitted by the stretched exponential function, and STH2 has a quicker decay than STH1. On the other hand, the decay becomes significant large when the photo...

More sensitive diagnostic methods for detecting worms’ eggs are needed in areas with low soil-transmitted helminth (STH) prevalence. The Harada-Mori technique was first introduced by Mr. Harada and Mori. This is easy, simple, does not require sophisticated equipment. based on larvae tropism nature the water to concentrate of hookworms Strongyloides stercoralis. Since its application 1955, this ...

Soil transmitted helminth (STH) infection are endemic in developing countries. A study was carried out of sewage farms, streams and vegetables to determine the sources and routes of STH infection in Sanliurfa, Turkey. Stool samples from farmhouse inhabitants as well as soil and vegetable samples from the gardens were collected and examined. In addition, water samples from streams and vegetable ...