BACKGROUND Orphans may be envisaged to have sub-optimal care and may be predisposed to high worm burden. This study was undertaken to determine prevalence and intensity of intestinal helminthiasis in children living in orphanages in Benin City, Nigeria. METHODS Fresh stool samples from 150 children (0-17 years) living in 10 orphanages in Benin City, were analyzed using the Kato-Katz technique...

Enteric helminthic infection is one of the most important public health issues in developing countries. These infections are transmitted by faeco-oral route and cause significant morbidity among patients of all age groups, especially in school age and preschool age children. The clinical presentation may be vague and non-specific. Frequently, patients with enteric helminthic infection (especial...

Intestinal helminth infections are a significant public health problem for Vietnamese women, but prevalence and risk factor data are scarce. The objectives of this paper were to 1) determine the prevalence of helminth infections among women; 2) investigate interactions among intestinal helminth species in individuals and 3) identify risk factors that contribute to intestinal helminth infections...

BACKGROUND Helminths affect the outcome of tuberculosis by shifting cell mediated immune response to humoral and by total suppression of the host immune system. On the reverse, Mycobacterium infection favors immune escape of helminths. Therefore assessing helminth co-infection rate and predisposing factors in tuberculosis patients is mandatory to set strategies for better case management. MET...

Infection by Strongyloides stercoralis is a highly prevalent helminthiasis, which is mostly distributed in the tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Although a substantial number of cases are asymptomatic or paucisymtomatic, severe and life-threatening forms of this infection still occur and not infrequently is lately diagnosed. Gram-negative bacteria septicemia, which frequently accom...

BACKGROUND Intestinal helminthiasis modulates immune responses to vaccines and environmental allergens. To explore the impact on intestinal host defense, we assessed expression of antimicrobial peptide genes, together with T cell subset markers and cytokines, in patients with ascariasis before and after treatment. METHODS Case patients (n = 27) and control subjects (n = 44) underwent enterosc...

UNLABELLED Despite advancement in the diagnosis and treatment of intestinal helminthiasis, ascariasis remains the most common cause of helminthic infections in the developing countries. Ultrasound offers a rapid, safe, and noninvasive approach to the diagnosis of intestinal ascariasis. Ultrasound is also the modality of choice for diagnosis of hepatobiliary ascariasis, which is relatively rare ...

Infection with intestinal parasites is one of the main health issues in poor nations. It estimated to affect 3.5 billion people worldwide, and 450 million are thought be ill as a result such illnesses, children making up majority those who ill. By using several stool concentration techniques, this study was aimed at identifying parasite ova Almajiri school Sokoto. The Formol-ether technique, wh...