Are sleeping site ecology and season linked to intestinal helminth prevalence and diversity in two sympatric, nocturnal and arboreal primate hosts (Lepilemur edwardsi and Avahi occidentalis)?

Introduction: Intestinalparasite infections still are very common in tropical country such as Vietnam. Therefore evaluation of the prevalence of them should be done. Materials and methods: A crosssectional descriptivestudy were carried out to use the wet mount direct examination, Kato and ELISA technique for evaluation the rate of intestinal parasite infections, interviewed them to reveal their life’s hygenic condition, knowledge and risk behaviour of intestinal parasite infections in 640 patients attending to the in Hue University of hospital. Result: The rate of soiltransmitted intestinal helminth were lower than the foodborne infection of cestode and trematode such as: Taenia solium/saginata 3.64%, Clonorchis sinensis 2.73%. The rate of positive antibody of rare intestinal parasite were Fasciola gigantica 40.68%, E. histolytica/dispar 43.75%, Toxocara canis 32.43%, Gnasthostoma spinigerum 37.5%, Taenia solium 51.43%, Strongyloidesstercoralis 16.67%. Most of people has hygenic life condition with hygenic water available. The popular knowledge of intestinal parasite diseases of transmission, pathology, prevention and treatment were concentrate on oiltransmittedintestinal helminth.There were high rate of platyhelminths infectious behaviourssuch as: eating raw water plant 75.6%, eating raw beef 80.6%, eating raw pork 72.2%, eating raw fish 11.8%, bare foot 34.2%. Conclusions: The result of our study showed that the higher rate of foodborne cestode and trematode than soiltransmittedhelminth correspond tothe hygenic life condition, the knowledge of the diseases and risk behavior of intestinal parasites infection. Key words: Helminth, cestode, trematode

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Faculty Opinions recommendation of Intestinal helminth co-infection has a negative impact on both anti-Mycobacterium tuberculosis immunity and clinical response to tuberculosis therapy.

Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature ◽

10.3410/f.1090967.544329 ◽

2007 ◽

Author(s):

Nur Alam

Keyword(s):

Mycobacterium Tuberculosis ◽

Clinical Response ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Intestinal Helminth ◽

Tuberculosis Therapy

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Concomitant Plasmodium falciparum and intestinal helminth infections in a rural community of southern Côte d’lvoire

Malaria Journal ◽

10.1186/1475-2875-11-s1-p105 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 11 (S1) ◽

Author(s):

Richard B Yapi ◽

Eveline Hürlimann ◽

Kigbafori D Silué ◽

Clarisse A Houngbedji ◽

Chammartin Frédérigue ◽

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Keyword(s):

Plasmodium Falciparum ◽

Rural Community ◽

Intestinal Helminth ◽

Helminth Infections

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Comorbidity of Geo-Helminthes among Malaria Outpatients of the Health Facilities in Ethiopia: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18030862 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (3) ◽

pp. 862

Author(s):

Minyahil Tadesse Boltena ◽

Ziad El-Khatib ◽

Abraham Sahlemichael Kebede ◽

Benedict Oppong Asamoah ◽

Andualem Tadesse Boltena ◽

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Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Meta Analysis ◽

Protein Energy Malnutrition ◽

Random Effect ◽

Plasmodium Species ◽

Intestinal Helminth ◽

Parasitic Infections ◽

Intestinal Helminths ◽

Soil Transmitted Helminths ◽

Pooled Prevalence

Background: Coinfection of malaria and intestinal helminths affects one third of the global population, largely among communities with severe poverty. The spread of these parasitic infections overlays in several epidemiological locations and the host shows different outcomes. This systematic review and meta-analysis determine the pooled prevalence of malaria and intestinal helminthiases coinfections among malaria suspected patients in Ethiopia. Methods: Primary studies published in English language were retrieved using appropriate search terms on Google Scholar, PubMed/MEDLINE, CINHAL, Scopus, and Embase. The Joanna Briggs Institute Meta-Analysis of Statistics Assessment and Review Instrument (JBI-MAStARI) was used for critical appraisal of studies. A pooled statistical meta-analysis was conducted using STATA Version 14.0 software. The heterogeneity and publication bias were assessed using the I2 statistics and Egger’s test, respectively. Duval and Tweedie’s nonparametric trim and fill analysis using the random-effect analysis. The Random effects model was used to estimate the summary prevalence of comorbidity of malaria and soil transmitted helminthiases and the corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CI). The review protocol has registered in PROSPERO number CRD42019144803. Results: We identified ten studies (n = 6633 participants) in this study. The overall pooled result showed 13% of the ambulatory patients infected by malaria and intestinal helminths concurrently in Ethiopia. The pooled prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax, and mixed infections were 12, 30, and 6%, respectively. The most common intestinal helminth parasites detected were Hookworm, Ascaris lumbricoides, and Tirchuris trichiura. Conclusions: The comorbidity of malaria and intestinal helminths causes lower hemoglobin level leading to maternal anemia, preterm delivery, and still birth in pregnant women and lactating mother. School-aged children and neonates coinfected by plasmodium species and soil transmitted helminths develop cognitive impairment, protein energy malnutrition, low birth weight, small for gestational age, and gross motor delay. The Ministry of Health of Ethiopia and its international partners working on malaria elimination programs should give more emphasis to the effect of the interface of malaria and soil transmitted helminths, which calls for an integrated disease control and prevention.

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The promise and pitfalls of mass drug administration to control intestinal helminth infections

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases ◽

10.1097/qco.0b013e328357e4cf ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 25 (5) ◽

pp. 584-589 ◽

Cited By ~ 36

Author(s):

Debbie Humphries ◽

Sara Nguyen ◽

Daniel Boakye ◽

Michael Wilson ◽

Michael Cappello

Keyword(s):

Drug Administration ◽

Mass Drug Administration ◽

Intestinal Helminth ◽

Helminth Infections

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The development and validation of an age-structured model for the evaluation of disease control strategies for intestinal helminths

Parasitology ◽

10.1017/s0031182000078422 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 109 (3) ◽

pp. 389-396 ◽

Cited By ~ 40

Author(s):

M. S. Chan ◽

H. L. Guyatt ◽

D. A. P. Bundy ◽

G. F. Medley

Keyword(s):

Helminth Infection ◽

Control Strategies ◽

Intestinal Helminth ◽

Intestinal Helminths ◽

Parasite Control ◽

Age Related ◽

Control Programmes ◽

Age Structured ◽

Development And Validation ◽

Age Structured Model

SummaryEpidemiological modelling can be a useful tool for the evaluation of parasite control strategies. An age-structured epidemiological model of intestinal helminth dynamics is developed. This model includes the explicit representation of changing worm distributions between hosts as a result of treatment, and estimates the morbidity due to heavy infections. The model is used to evaluate the effectiveness of different programmes of age-targeted community chemotherapy in reducing the amount of morbidity due to helminth infection. The magnitude of age-related heterogeneities is found to be very important in determining the results of age-targeted treatment programmes. The model was verified using field data from control programmes for Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura, and was found to provide accurate predictions of prevalence and mean intensities of infection during and following different control regimes.

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