Malnutrition including vitamin A and iron deficiency and parasitic diseases have a strikingly similar geographical distribution with the same people experiencing both insults together for much of their lives. Parasitic infections are thought to contribute to child malnutrition and micronutrient deficiency through subtle reduction in digestion and absorption, chronic inflammation and loss of nut...

Introduction: The intestinal nematodes infestation in tropical and sub-tropical countries is mostly attributed to roundworms, hookworms and whipworms. India is one of the largest contributors to the global burden of soil-transmitted helminthes (STH) with a national population prevalence estimated to be 21% by Global Atlas of Helminth Infections (GAHI), as per data prior to 2007. Objective: We a...

background: schistosomiasis and soil transmitted infection is a major health problem of children from rural areas of developing countries including yemen. in an attempt to reduce this burden, the ministry of public health and population in yemen established in 2002 a programme for schisto-somal, soil transmitted infection control that aimed to reduce morbidity and prevalence rates of schistosom...

BACKGROUND Schistosomiasis and soil transmitted infection is a major health problem of children from rural areas of developing countries including Yemen. In an attempt to reduce this burden, the Ministry of Public Health and Population in Yemen established in 2002 a programme for Schistosomal, soil transmitted infection control that aimed to reduce morbidity and prevalence rates of Schistosomia...

Small-scale pilot projects were carried out in each of CLMV countries by ex-trainees of the ACIPAC International Training Course, based on the proposal that was made during the first training course in 2001. This project was planned in order to provide these participants with the capacity to acquire further experience and management skills for the planning and implementation of parasite control...

A study was conducted to determine the helminthes in dog's feces and soil samples from urban and rural areas. Six species of nematodes (Toxocara sp, an undetermined nematode larvae, Strongyloides sp larvae, Ascaris sp ova, hookworm ova, Trichuris sp ova) and one species of Cestode (Taenia sp) were found in 175 stool samples. Seventy-eight point nine percent of stool samples were positive for he...

The extent of contamination of soils with soil transmitted helminthes (STH) eggs, particularly Toxocara, was determined in selected urban and rural towns of Laguna, Philippines. Soil samples were collected from public schools, house yards, and empty lots. Results revealed that, of the 1480 soil samples collected, 460 (31%) were positive for STH eggs. Toxocara sp. was the most prevalent (77%), f...