BACKGROUND Helminth infection and malaria remain major causes of ill-health in the tropics and subtropics. There are several shared risk factors (e.g., poverty), and hence, helminth infection and malaria overlap geographically and temporally. However, the extent and consequences of helminth-Plasmodium co-infection at different spatial scales are poorly understood. METHODOLOGY This study was c...

Quinolone-resistant Salmonella strains were isolated from patient samples, and several quinolone-sensitive strains were used to analyze mutations in the quinolone resistance-determining region (QRDR) of gyrA, gyrB, parC, and parE and to screen for plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance. Among the 21 strains that showed resistance to nalidixic acid and ciprofloxacin (MIC 0.125-2.0 μg/ml), 17 stra...

BACKGROUND In Timor-Leste there have been intermittent and ineffective soil-transmitted helminth (STH) deworming programs since 2004. In a resource-constrained setting, having information on the geographic distribution of STH can aid in prioritising high risk communities for intervention. This study aimed to quantify the environmental risk factors for STH infection and to produce a risk map of ...

OBJECTIVE We assessed the effects of a 2-day in-hospital diabetes educational program in preventing or delaying progression of impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) to type 2 diabetes, including analysis of changes in serum lipids, body weight, and blood pressure after the program. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A total of 426 subjects (51 +/- 9 years, BMI 24.6 +/- 3.9 kg/m(2)) with newly diagnosed I...

Soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections are a leading cause of disability and disease burden in school-age children of worm-endemic regions. Their effect on school absenteeism, however, remains unclear. The World Health Organization currently recommends delivering mass deworming and health hygiene education through school-based programs, in an effort to control STH-related morbidity. In this...

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...

Let’s make it clear: STH is not old-fashioned, CSAVE is not Jurassic, and the stethoscope is not a piece that is missing from the museum. Being a vassal of sovereign clinics, the members of STH believe in the permanence of the stethoscope and in the strong integrating power of the starting point of CSAVE, with the other findings from the multisensorial physical examination, scientific concepts ...

The present study deals with the effect of high doses of STH and adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) in both intact and hypophysectomized rats. To counteract the infectionpromoting activity of ACTHthe animals were given antibiotics. From this experiment we hoped to clarify two points: (1) whether ACTH will produce hypertension and cardiorenal lesions in the intact rat, and (2) whether STH and/o...

In this work, a solar illumination model of the Earth’s atmosphere is developed. The developed allows us to determine with extreme accuracy how atmospheric varies during night hours on global scale. This time-dependent variation in causes series sudden changes entire Earth-atmosphere-ionosphere system considerable interest for various research sectors and applications related climate change, io...

Recently there have been calls for the eradication of malaria and the elimination of soil-transmitted helminths (STHs). Malaria and STHs overlap in distribution, and STH infections are associated with increased risk for malaria. Indeed, there is evidence that suggests that STH infection may facilitate malaria transmission. Malaria and STH coinfection may exacerbate anemia, especially in pregnan...