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Hookworm infestation is common in school going children especially in the developing countries like India. The WHO estimates that more than 2 billion population is infested with worm infection. Due to worm infestation, Disability adjusted life-years (DALYs) lost due to all causes in girls and boys are 12.3% and 11.4% respectively. The morbidity like malnutrition, anaemia, night blindness due to...

The article analyzes zoonoses - diseases transmitted to humans from rodents. object of the study were rodents in urbanized ecosystems Kirov-city 2018 2020. relevance this topic is due fact that Kirov region, where studies conducted, helminth fauna residential areas has not been studied. All examined by full helminthological autopsy according Skryabin's methods. A total 183 rodent carcasses subj...

Soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections are still considered to be the most prevalent infections of humankind. STH, traditionally endemic in rural areas, are increasingly becoming a public health concern in urban slums of cities in tropical and subtropical developing countries in Southeast Asia, sub-Saharan Africa and Central and South America. These helminths, Ascaris lumbricoides, hookworm...

Historically, the diagnosis of soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) (e.g., Strongyloides stercoralis, Trichuris trichiura, Ancylostoma duodenale, Necator americanus, and Ascaris lumbricoides) has relied on often-insensitive microscopy techniques. Over the past several years, there has been an effort to use molecular diagnostics, particularly quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR), to detect...

We reviewed the epidemiology of STH in Malaysia from the 1970s to 2009. High prevalence rates persist among the rural Aborigines, estate workers and in urban slums and squatter areas. Trichuris trichiura is the most prevalent helminth in Malaysia ranging from 2.1% to 98.2%. Ascaris lumbricoides follows closely with a prevalence rate of 4.6-86.7%, while hookworm is the least prevalent (0-37.0%)....

In the present study 25 stray cats were collected and dissected in order to identify diagnose intestinal parasitic helminthes. The results of demonstrated infection all with one or more helmithes. identified helminthes belonged to: three species trematodes which Echinochasmus sp. (4%), Heterophyes (4%) Prohemistomum four cestodes Diplopylidium (24%), Dipylidium caninum 48%, Joyeuxiella pasquale...

Soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) collectively infect one fourth of all human beings, and the majority of livestock in the developing world. These gastrointestinal nematodes are the most important parasites on earth with regard to their prevalence in humans and livestock. Current anthelmintic drugs are losing their efficacies due to increasing drug resistance, particularly in STHs of livestock ...