During 1989-2011, three parasitic disease surveys were conducted in Hengxian County, China, where soil-transmitted helminthiases and foodborne clonorchiasis are endemic. We compared the data and found that the prevalence of helminthiases decreased and the prevalence and intensity of clonorchiasis increased over time, especially among men. Clonorchiasis control/intervention measures are urgently...

Intestinal parasitic infections can significantly contribute to the burden of disease, may cause nutritional and energetic stress, and negatively impact the quality of life in low income countries of the world. This cross-sectional study done in Mwea irrigation scheme, in Kirinyaga, central Kenya, assessed the public health significance of soil-transmitted helminthiases (STH), schistosomiasis, ...

The current mainstay for control of the four major helminth diseases in humans (lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis, soiltransmitted helminthiases and schistosomiasis) is with preventive chemotherapy by mass administration of key anthelminthics. Following the London Declaration on Neglected Tropical Diseases in 2012, a roadmap for the elimination and control of these helminthiases by 2020 has ...

We investigated a small-scale serological survey to screen tissue-parasitic helminthiases of North Koreans as one of research programs for re-unification of Korea. Soil-transmitted helminthiases were found highly prevalent among North Korean residents at the border with China. ELISA using 4 tissue-parasitic helminth antigens was applied to 137 residents living in Cheongjin-shi, Hamgyeongbuk-do,...

the effect of phenylen di-isothiocyanate (jonit) in the mass treatment of various intestinal helminthiases was evaluated among the inhabitants of a village in dezful, southwest iran. stool samples collected and examined from 17 persons showed infection rates of 80% for ancylostoma duodenale, 57.3% for ascaris, 46.7% for trichostronylus spp. and 22.8% for h. nana.seventy- one persons (41 childre...

It is clinically important to differentiate tissue-invading helminthiasis. The purpose of this study was to assess the specific immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibody positive rates for clonorchiasis, paragonimiasis, cysticercosis, and sparganosis 4 helminthiases from 1996 to 2006 using multi-antigen enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in Korea. Results of 6,017 samples, which were referred to o...

Helminthiases are neglected parasites that induce changes in the host’s immune response. The study assayed some immunological markers helminth infections children and adolescents. Stool blood samples were collected from 276 subjects resident three rural communities of Rivers Imo States. Of these, 98 (35.5%) infected with one or more 3 parasitic species, which Ascaris lumbricoides 39 (39.8%), An...

Until the 1960s, the chemotherapy of human intestinal and systemic helminthiases was extremely unsatisfactory;' piperazine compounds, bephenium hydroxynaphthoate and pyrantel embonate were, for example, widely used for the former, and diethylcarbamazine (DEC), niridazole, and bithionol for the latter. Table I summarizes some important agents which have recently become available. The first of th...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is a major public health problem in India, accounting for 40 per cent of the global burden. The World Health Organization has launched a global programme to eliminate LF by 2020 and India is a signatory to it. Orissa, an eastern Indian State has long been known to be endemic for LF. Prior to implementation of mass drug administration programme it...