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Human intestinal nematode infections in Sri Lanka: A scoping review.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis
December 2024
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Saliyapura, Sri Lanka.
Background: Sri Lanka, an island located in South Asia, once experienced a notable prevalence of human intestinal nematode infections (HINIs). With the implementation of control programs, infection prevalence was reduced. Detailed information on prevalence, distribution and temporal trends of HINIs is limited.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPrevalence of Helminth Infections in Patients with Celiac Disease.
Dig Dis
December 2024
Leumit Health Services, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel.
Article Synopsis
- - The study aimed to explore the link between helminth infections and celiac disease (CeD) by comparing demographic and clinical data between individuals with CeD and a control group.
- - The research used electronic health records from Leumit Health Care Services, finding no significant differences in age, gender, socioeconomic status, or ethnicity between the groups, although intestinal helminthiases were more common in CeD cases, particularly pinworm infections.
- - The results challenge existing beliefs about the hygiene hypothesis by suggesting a possible unexpected connection between CeD and helminth infections, prompting further investigation into this relationship.
The Histopathological Findings in Appendectomy Specimens in an Iranian Population.
Galen Med J
October 2023
The Persian Gulf Tropical Medicine Research Center, The Persian Gulf Biomedical Sciences Research Institute, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran.
Background: Appendicitis is one of the most common causes of acute abdominal surgeries. The importance of parasitic etiologies in the pathogenesis of appendicitis is not well known in appendectomy specimens on a large scale in southwestern Iran. The current study aimed to retrospectively assess the demographic data and histopathological records of appendicitis in a 28-year period in Fars province, southwestern Iran.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRetrospective analysis and time series forecasting with automated machine learning of ascariasis, enterobiasis and cystic echinococcosis in Romania.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis
November 2021
Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, University Medical Center and Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, and Center of Excellence in Dermatology, Mannheim, Germany.
The epidemiology of neglected tropical diseases (NTD) is persistently underprioritized, despite NTD being widespread among the poorest populations and in the least developed countries on earth. This situation necessitates thorough and efficient public health intervention. Romania is at the brink of becoming a developed country.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAlbendazole and Mebendazole as Anti-Parasitic and Anti-Cancer Agents: an Update.
Korean J Parasitol
June 2021
Department of Environmental Medical Biology, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, Seoul 06974, Korea.
The use of albendazole and mebendazole, i.e., benzimidazole broad-spectrum anthelmintics, in treatment of parasitic infections, as well as cancers, is briefly reviewed.
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