Effect of Poor Access to Water and Sanitation As Risk Factors for Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infection: Selectiveness by the Infective Route.

Autor: Adriana Echazú, Daniela Bonanno, Marisa Juarez, Silvana P Cajal, Viviana Heredia, Silvia Caropresi, Ruben O Cimino, Nicolas Caro, Paola A Vargas, Gladys Paredes, Alejandro J Krolewiecki

Publikováno v: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 9, Iss 9, p e0004111 (2015)

BACKGROUND:Soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections are a public health problem in resource-limited settings worldwide. Chronic STH infection impairs optimum learning and productivity, contributing to the perpetuation of the poverty-disease cycle.

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/47089fe0e4334ce88371b42e5c29ec5a

Albendazole and ivermectin for the control of soil-transmitted helminths in an area with high prevalence of Strongyloides stercoralis and hookworm in northwestern Argentina: A community-based pragmatic study

Autor: Patrick J. Lammie, Rubén O. Cimino, Marisa Juarez, Silvia Caropresi, Adriana Echazú, Viviana Heredia, Luis M. Arias, Paola Vargas, Gladys Paredes, Alejandro J. Krolewiecki, Silvana P. Cajal, Marcelo Abril, Silvia Gold

Publikováno v: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 11, Iss 10, p e0006003 (2017)
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Background Recommendations for soil-transmitted helminth (STH) control give a key role to deworming of school and pre-school age children with albendazole or mebendazole; which might be insufficient to achieve adequate control, particularly against S

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006003