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Copromicroscopic Diagnosis and Prevalence of Parasitic Infections in Animals in Sitio Ibayo, San Mateo, Rizal, Philippines: Establishing a Sentinel Study for Zoonotic Disease Surveillance.
Cureus
December 2024
Department of Biology, College of Science, Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Manila, PHL.
Background: This study investigates the prevalence and intensity of parasitic infections in animal fecal samples collected from Sitio Ibayo, San Mateo, Rizal, Philippines, a suburban community considered a potential sentinel site for zoonotic disease surveillance.
Methods: Using cross-sectional sampling, 132 animal fecal samples were collected in the area exhaustively. Samples were processed through direct smear with saline solution and Lugol's iodine and flotation technique using mini- and fill-FLOTAC.
Access barriers and facilitators to implement mass drugs administration strategies for eliminating trachoma and geohelminthiasis in the department of Amazonas, Colombia.
PLoS One
December 2024
Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia-UNAD, Escuela de Ciencias de la Salud (ECISA), Bogotá, Colombia.
Background: One of the most important pillars of action to achieve the elimination of trachoma and soil-transmitted helminth infections as a public health problem is the mass administration, at regular intervals, of azithromycin and anthielmintics, respectively, to a high proportion of the eligible population in endemic areas.
Objective: The objective of the study was to identify access barriers and facilitators for achieving coverage goals in the mass drugs administration, azithromycin and albendazole, in the department of Amazonas, Colombia.
Methodology: Implementation research was used, combining three types of qualitative research methodologies to collect information about access barriers and facilitators already described; These were individual and group interviews, focus group discussions and face-to-face intercultural dialogues.
Dose-response effects of multiple Ascaris suum exposures and their impact on lung protection during larval ascariasis.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis
December 2024
Laboratory of Immunobiology and Parasite Control, Department of Parasitology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Background: Human ascariasis is the most prevalent geohelminthiasis worldwide, affecting approximately 446 million individuals. In regions with endemic prevalence, the majority of infected adults are frequently exposed to the parasite and tend to have a low parasite load. Further studies are necessary to provide more evidence on the dynamics of infection and to elucidate the possible mechanisms involved in regulating protection, especially during the acute phase, also known as larval ascariasis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The double burden of malaria and helminthiasis in children poses an obvious public health challenge, particularly in terms of anemia morbidity. While both diseases frequently geographically overlap, most studies focus on mono-infection and general prevalence surveys without molecular analysis. The current study investigated the epidemiological determinants of malaria, schistosomiasis, and geohelminthiasis transmission among children in the North Region of Cameroon.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEvidence of reduced academic performance among schoolchildren with helminth infection.
Int Health
May 2023
Department of Medical Laboratory Science, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.
Background: Soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) pose a formidable health risk to school-age children in resource-limited settings. Unfortunately, mass deworming campaigns have been derailed since the onset of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. The present study assessed the cross-sectional associations between STHs, nutritional status and academic performance of schoolchildren in the Banda District of Ghana.
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