Intensifying responsiveness towards neglected intestinal helminth infections in a resource-constrained setting

Autor: Khin Thet Wai, Kay Thwe Han, Tin Oo
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Tropical Medicine and Health, Vol 45, Iss 1, Pp 1-3 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1349-4147
DOI: 10.1186/s41182-017-0053-x
Popis: Abstract Neglected intestinal helminth infections afflict the marginalized communities in Asia. Since 2004, growing body of evidence in Myanmar indicated high prevalence of soil-transmitted helminths (STH) infections (30–40%) among school children. Co-existence of STH (23%) with food-borne trematodes was noted among 383 pregnant women in a selected township in 2012–2014 followed by molecular verification of very low prevalence of schistosome infection (
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