The impact of soil transmitted helminth on malaria clinical presentation and treatment outcome: a case control study among children in Bagamoyo... (Publications)
transmitted helminths (STH) interact. There are contradictory findings in different studies. Synergism, antagonism and neutral effect have been documented between Plasmodium and STH. This study investigated [...] investigated the impact of STH on clinical malaria presentation and treatment outcome. METHODS: A matched case control study with a semi longitudinal follow up according to World Health Organization (WHO) antimalarial [...] RESULTS: In simple conditional regression analysis there was a...
The impact of soil transmitted helminth on malaria clinical presentation and treatment outcome: a case control study among children in Bagamoyo... (Publications)
transmitted helminths (STH) interact. There are contradictory findings in different studies. Synergism, antagonism and neutral effect have been documented between Plasmodium and STH. This study investigated [...] investigated the impact of STH on clinical malaria presentation and treatment outcome. METHODS: A matched case control study with a semi longitudinal follow up according to World Health Organization (WHO) antimalarial [...] RESULTS: In simple conditional regression analysis there was a...
Deworming children for soil-transmitted helminths in low and middle-income countries: systematic review and individual participant data network... (Publications)
trials of STH deworming. Overall risk of bias was low. There were no statistically significant subgroup effects across age, sex, nutritional status or infection intensity for each type of STH. These analyses [...] analyses showed that children with moderate or heavy intensity infections, deworming for STH may increase weight gain (very low certainty). The added value of this review is an exploration of effects on
Deworming children for soil-transmitted helminths in low and middle-income countries: systematic review and individual participant data network... (Publications)
trials of STH deworming. Overall risk of bias was low. There were no statistically significant subgroup effects across age, sex, nutritional status or infection intensity for each type of STH. These analyses [...] analyses showed that children with moderate or heavy intensity infections, deworming for STH may increase weight gain (very low certainty). The added value of this review is an exploration of effects on
Efficacy and safety of moxidectin and albendazole compared to ivermectin and albendazole co-administration in adolescents infected with <em>Trichuris... (Publications)
as CRs and ERRs against concomitant STH infections ( Ascaris lumbricoides and hookworm). Potential effects of the treatment regimens on follow-up prevalences of STH at 5-6 weeks and 3 months post-treatment [...] es (i.e., albendazole, mebendazole) to at-risk individuals in endemic regions is at the center of STH control strategies. Given the low efficacy of these drugs against trichuriasis, investigation of drug [...] therapy might improve existing deworming programs and provide a valuable...
Soil-transmitted helminth infections and physical fitness in school-aged Bulang children in southwest China: results from a cross-sectional survey (Publications)
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Chronic soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections have been associated with reduced physical fitness, but available evidence is limited. The aim of this cross-sectional survey was [...] was to assess the feasibility of measuring children's physical fitness and to relate it to STH infections. Our study was carried out among school-aged children of the Bulang ethnic group in rural southwest [...] Republic of China (P.R. China). Standardized, quality-controlled methods...
A study protocol for a multi-country cluster randomized controlled trial of the impact of a multi-component One Health strategy to eliminate... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Opisthorchis viverrini (OV) and soil-transmitted helminths (STH) are two of the most common helminths contributing to the Neglected Tropical Disease (NTDs) burden in the Lower Mekong Basin [...] which includes PZQ/ALB treatment together with the Magic Glasses and Lawa Model interventions. OV and STH infections levels will be evaluated in individuals aged 5-75 years at baseline and will be repeated [...] and quantitative PCR. The primary outcome of the study will be cumulative...
Efficacy and safety of moxidectin and albendazole compared to ivermectin and albendazole co-administration in adolescents infected with <em>Trichuris... (Publications)
as CRs and ERRs against concomitant STH infections ( Ascaris lumbricoides and hookworm). Potential effects of the treatment regimens on follow-up prevalences of STH at 5-6 weeks and 3 months post-treatment [...] es (i.e., albendazole, mebendazole) to at-risk individuals in endemic regions is at the center of STH control strategies. Given the low efficacy of these drugs against trichuriasis, investigation of drug [...] therapy might improve existing deworming programs and provide a valuable...
Soil-transmitted helminth infections and physical fitness in school-aged Bulang children in southwest China: results from a cross-sectional survey (Publications)
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Chronic soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections have been associated with reduced physical fitness, but available evidence is limited. The aim of this cross-sectional survey was [...] was to assess the feasibility of measuring children's physical fitness and to relate it to STH infections. Our study was carried out among school-aged children of the Bulang ethnic group in rural southwest [...] Republic of China (P.R. China). Standardized, quality-controlled methods...
Optimizing implementation of preventive chemotherapy against soil-transmitted helminthiasis and intestinal schistosomiasis using high-resolution data:... (Publications)
To avoid maintaining those high-risk villages as STH reservoirs by skipping control interventions and jeopardizing the successes already achieved in STH control through PC during the past two decades, precision [...] (n = 2164; 49.88%, 38 villages) health districts. The prevalence of any soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infection was 12.47% and 11.09% in the Dabou and Jacqueville health districts, respectively. Spec [...] (Trichuris trichiura in Dabou). However, when considering sub-districts or...
