INTRODUCTION Soil transmitted helminths are wide spread in developing countries and in Ethiopia the prevalence of STHs varies in different parts of the country. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and intensity of soil transmitted helminths among school children of Mendera Elementary School Jimma town, Southwestern Ethiopia. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted betw...

BACKGROUND Soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections are among the most prevalent neglected tropical diseases (NTD) worldwide. Since the publication of the WHO road map to combat NTD in 2012, there has been a renewed commitment to control STH. In this study, we analysed the geographical distribution and effect of community type on prevalence of hookworm, Trichuris and Ascaris in south Asia and...

We are concerned in this article with six intestinal parasitoses-the four main soiltransmitted helminthiases (ascariasis, trichuriasis, hookworm infection, and strongyloidiasis) and the two leading intestinal protozoan infections (amebiasis and giardiasis). These two groups of parasitoses depend on fecal contamination, but there is a significant epidemiologic difference between them. That is, t...

The prevalence rate of trichuriasis in children in certain areas of Kelantan is high. However the Trichuris Dysentery Syndrome (TDS), a condition in children characterized by chronic diarrhoea, stunting and anaemia is said to be rare. A recent change in policy at our institution to lower the threshold for undertaking colonoscopy in children with chronic diarrhoea resulted in the detection of 6 ...

Abstract School-aged children (SAC) have a considerable burden of intestinal schistosomiasis in Madagascar yet its pre-school aged (PSAC) is currently overlooked. To assess the at-risk status PSAC, we undertook pilot epidemiological survey June 2019 examining ( n = 89), 2–4-years balanced gender, six remote villages Marolambo District, Madagascar. Diagnosis included use urine-circulating cathod...