Egg excretion indicators for the measurement of soil-transmitted helminth response to treatment (Publications)
PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: The 13 studies enrolled 5,759 STH stool-positive individuals; 5,688 received active medication or placebo contributing a total of 11,103 STH infections (65% had two or three concurrent [...] anthelmintic drugs is a cost-effective intervention for morbidity control of soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections. However, with programs expanding, drug pressure potentially selecting for drug-resistant [...] combinations (i.e., albendazole-ivermectin and albendazole-oxantel...
Health education and the control of intestinal worm infections in China: a new vision (Publications)
disposal and sanitation. Periodic administration of benzimidazole drugs is the mainstay for global STH control but it does not prevent re-infection, and is unlikely to interrupt transmission as a stand-alone [...] development and successful testing in Hunan province, PR China, of a health education package to prevent STH infections in Han Chinese primary school students. We have recently commenced a new trial of the package
Health education and the control of intestinal worm infections in China: a new vision (Publications)
disposal and sanitation. Periodic administration of benzimidazole drugs is the mainstay for global STH control but it does not prevent re-infection, and is unlikely to interrupt transmission as a stand-alone [...] development and successful testing in Hunan province, PR China, of a health education package to prevent STH infections in Han Chinese primary school students. We have recently commenced a new trial of the package
Costs of community-wide mass drug administration and school-based deworming for soil-transmitted helminths: evidence from a randomised controlled... (Publications)
drug administration (cMDA) may interrupt STH transmission in some settings. We compared the costs of cMDA to SBD to inform decision-making about future updates to STH policy. DESIGN: We conducted activity-based [...] OBJECTIVES: Current guidelines for the control of soil-transmitted helminths (STH) recommend deworming children and other high-risk groups, primarily using school-based deworming (SBD) programmes. However
Costs of community-wide mass drug administration and school-based deworming for soil-transmitted helminths: evidence from a randomised controlled... (Publications)
drug administration (cMDA) may interrupt STH transmission in some settings. We compared the costs of cMDA to SBD to inform decision-making about future updates to STH policy. DESIGN: We conducted activity-based [...] OBJECTIVES: Current guidelines for the control of soil-transmitted helminths (STH) recommend deworming children and other high-risk groups, primarily using school-based deworming (SBD) programmes. However
<em>Strongyloides stercoralis</em> and hookworm co-infection: spatial distribution and determinants in Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Strongyloides stercoralis and hookworm are two soil-transmitted helminths (STH) that are highly prevalent in Cambodia. Strongyloides stercoralis causes long-lasting infections and significant [...] morbidity but is largely neglected, while hookworm causes the highest public health burden among STH. The two parasites have the same infection route, i.e. skin penetration. The extent of co-distribution [...] hookworm infection levels remain high. Mebendazole efficacy, as well as...
<em>Strongyloides stercoralis</em> and hookworm co-infection: spatial distribution and determinants in Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Strongyloides stercoralis and hookworm are two soil-transmitted helminths (STH) that are highly prevalent in Cambodia. Strongyloides stercoralis causes long-lasting infections and significant [...] morbidity but is largely neglected, while hookworm causes the highest public health burden among STH. The two parasites have the same infection route, i.e. skin penetration. The extent of co-distribution [...] hookworm infection levels remain high. Mebendazole efficacy, as well as...
Association of soybean-based food with the prevalence of anemia among reproductive aged men and women in rural Central Java, Indonesia (Publications)
helminth (STH) infection status. A binary logistic regression model was fitted to test the association between soybean consumption and anemic status after adjusting for socio-demographic factors, STH infection
Association of soybean-based food with the prevalence of anemia among reproductive aged men and women in rural Central Java, Indonesia (Publications)
helminth (STH) infection status. A binary logistic regression model was fitted to test the association between soybean consumption and anemic status after adjusting for socio-demographic factors, STH infection
Soil-transmitted helminth infections and risk factors in preschool children in southern rural Lao People's Democratic Republic (Publications)
The current widespread school-based control of soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections is also advocated for preschool children. The objective of this study was to assess infection with STHs as well
