The prevalence of helminthic infections was surveyed on a total of 6,178 residents (males 2,549 and females 3,629) in 102 villages of 9 provinces in Lao PDR between 2007 and 2011 under the project of Korea-Laos Collaborative Project for Control of Foodborne Trematode Infections in Lao PDR. Fecal specimens were collected and examined by the Kato-Katz thick smear and Stoll's egg counting techniqu...

For the majority of intestinal parasites, real-time PCR-based diagnosis outperforms microscopy. However, the data for Trichuris trichiura have been less convincing and most comparative studies have been performed in populations with low prevalence. This study aims to improve detection of T. trichuria DNA in human stool by evaluating four sample preparation methods. Faecal samples (n = 60) were ...

Soil Transmitted Helminth (STH) is the most common intestinal parasific infection and in one of contributors to global disease burden. Diagnosis desease can be done using sedimentation method natif method. This study aims find out differences methods deteting Type research conducted ind true experimental form. was on March 27-29, 2021 at Microbiology Laboratory Muhammadiyah Institute Health Tec...

Pendahuluan: Trichuris trichiura merupakan salah satu jenis cacing yang berasal dari golongan Soil Transmitted Helminth. Trichuriasis adalah infeksi parasit usus sering terjadi dan masih menjadi penyumbang penyakit global. Diagnosis dapat dideteksi dengan pemeriksaan feses secara mikroskopis dilakukan menggunakan pewarnaan Eosin 2% gold standart untuk pemeriksaan. Penelitian ini bertujuan menge...

BACKGROUND The three major soil-transmitted helminths (STH) Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura and Necator americanus/Ancylostoma duodenale are among the most widespread parasites worldwide. Despite the global expansion of preventive anthelmintic treatment, standard operating procedures to monitor anthelmintic drug efficacy are lacking. The objective of this study, therefore, was to defi...

BACKGROUND Geohelminth infection is a major health problem of children from rural areas of developing countries. In an attempt to reduce this burden, the Department of Health of the province of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) established in 1998 a programme for helminth control that aimed at regularly treating primary school children for schistosomiasis and intestinal helminths. This article describes the ...