stool examinations undertaken among 961 inhabitants ora few villages ~ ~ in dickleh, azerbaijan, northwest iran, revealed the presence of ascaris among 62 ~j:j of the persons examined. in addition, 17.3 ~~ ;; were found infected respectively with 1'. trichiura, trichostrongylus spp. and h. nana. the eggs of oxyuris and taenia were seen in the stool of 3.4 ii () and 1./5 (j 0 respectively, and 3...

The replication of the Miguel and Kremer 2004 Econometrica paper, “Worms: Identifying Impacts on Education and Health In the Presence of Treatment Externalities”, carried out by Aiken et al. and Davey et al. and our responses to the replication, which can be found here and here, triggered discussions by scholars and media taking an interest in the evidence base for mass deworming policies in re...

BACKGROUND Colombians living in coastal Tumaco have a lower incidence of Helicobacter pylori-associated gastric cancer compared with residents of Pasto in the high Andes. Considering the risk for H. pylori disease seems affected by features of bacterial virulence and host polymorphisms, other poorly understood influences, such as concurrent helminthiasis, may also be important. METHODS Fecal ...

The present study was a cross-sectional community-based study carried out amongst rural children of district Ganderbal aged between 2-16 years old. The aim of the study was to characterize demographic and clinical presentations of children with intestinal helminthiasis and also assess the effects of ascariasis on some plasma biochemical parameters. One stool and blood sample per child was colle...

BACKGROUND Plasmodium vivax is responsible for a significant portion of malaria cases worldwide, especially in Asia and Latin America, where geo-helminthiasis have a high prevalence. Impact of the interaction between vivax malaria and intestinal helminthes has been poorly explored. The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of intestinal helminthiasis on the concentration of hemo...