Helminthiasis (Helminthiases)

02/01/2000 - "Following epidemiological studies of gastrointestinal helminthiasis in dairy cattle in Florestal County, Minas Gerais, 80 Swiss and crossbred Zebu x Holstein calves, 8-10-months old, were selected to test the efficacy of three treatment protocols using ivermectin for helminth control. "
03/01/1988 - "A study was undertaken to ascertain the prophylactic effect on gastrointestinal helminthiasis of (1) a single ivermectin treatment of calves 3 weeks after a late turnout on mown pasture and (2) two ivermectin treatments of calves 3 and 8 weeks after an early turnout. "
11/01/2015 - "Regarding other soil transmitted helminthiases: in areas where ivermectin was distributed the prevalence of T. "
01/01/1989 - "Ivermectin in the treatment of helminthiasis in caged raised adult guinea-fowl (Numida meleagris galeata Pallas)."
03/01/1988 - "The prophylactic effect of ivermectin treatments on gastrointestinal helminthiasis of calves turned out early on pasture or late on mown pasture."

01/01/2018 - "Its role in the treatment of soil transmitted helminthiasis through improved efficacy against Trichuris trichiura in combination with other anthelmintics might accelerate the progress towards breaking transmission. "
06/01/2017 - "Helminthiasis characterization and anthelmintic efficacy for ewes and lambs raised in tropical semiarid region."
06/01/2017 - "In this study the helminthiasis and anthelmintic effectiveness in ewes and lambs were evaluated in a semiarid region of Brazil. "
12/01/1980 - "Clinical trials of broad spectrum anthelmintics against soil-transmitted helminthiasis."
07/13/2023 - "Moreover, since anthelmintics, like many pharmaceuticals, are now recognized as hazardous contaminants of the environment, returning to medicinal plants and their products represents an environmentally friendly way to treat helminthiasis. "

01/01/2019 - "Therapeutic efficacy of albendazole against soil-transmitted helminthiasis in children measured by five diagnostic methods."
04/01/2021 - "With this aim, Swiss Albino mice were divided into four groups of 10 animals each: control, helminthiasis, helminthiasis + MBSAE, and helminthiasis + Albendazole. "
11/01/2016 - "Albendazole is one of two standard drugs for the control of soil-transmitted helminthiasis. "
10/01/2010 - "The results of this investigation are in favor of the use of albendazole as a drug of choice in the management of poultry helminthiasis."
06/01/2002 - "Intestinal helminthiases and their control with albendazole among primary schoolchildren in riverine communities of Ondo State, Nigeria."

12/01/1980 - "Mebendazole (Antiox) also appears to be promising given as single dose during mass treatment of soil-transmitted helminthiasis. "
01/01/2018 - "In the Bolivian Chaco, 6-monthly single-dose mebendazole delivery to school-age children achieved a dramatic decrease in soil-transmitted helminthiases prevalence between 1987 and 2013. "
12/01/2015 - "Between 2007 and 2012, Children Without Worms (CWW) oversaw the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) donation of Vermox (mebendazole) for treatment of school-age children to control soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH). "
01/01/2015 - "School-based mass distributions of mebendazole to control soil-transmitted helminthiasis in the Munshiganj and Lakshmipur districts of Bangladesh: an evaluation of the treatment monitoring process and knowledge, attitudes, and practices of the population."
01/01/1995 - "[Effectiveness of vermox in the treatment of helminthiasis]."

01/01/2022 - "Recent trends in praziquantel nanoformulations for helminthiasis treatment."
04/01/1984 - "[Praziquantel in the treatment of helminthiasis]."
01/01/2020 - "Praziquantel has been in use by helminthiasis and schistosomiasis control programs for about 30 years. "
10/01/1986 - "The greatest recent advance in the therapy of helminthiases is the development of praziquantel which effectively treats the most severe of these infections."
10/31/2015 - "Hence, preventive chemotherapy with praziquantel should be put in place, complemented with other measures such as provision of sanitary facilities and health education, to control morbidity and transmission of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis in the study areas."

07/01/2022 - "Moxidectin might complement the already existing treatment and control of soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH). "
01/01/2020 - "The approval of moxidectin in 2018 and triclabendazole in 2019 by the FDA marked an important moment in the fight against diseases of poverty, such as helminthiases."
01/01/2018 - "Moxidectin, a new treatment for river blindness, might complement the drug armamentarium for the treatment and control of soil-transmitted helminthiasis. "
01/01/2023 - "This review provides insights on recent studies evaluating the efficacy of ivermectin and moxidectin as single or coadministered therapy against human soil-transmitted helminthiases (including Strongyloides stercoralis infections) and on pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic parameters measured in treated populations. "

02/01/1981 - "Efficacy of oxfendazole in reducing bovine helminthiasis in field trials."
02/01/1980 - "Levels of helminthiasis and the efficacy of oxfendazole on three Arkansas sheep farms."
01/01/1984 - "[Oxfendazole in the treatment of helminthiasis in cattle and sheep]."

05/01/2003 - "Moreover, the efficacy of some vaccines against HIV is likely to be impaired by chronic helminthiasis. "
01/01/2018 - "This review will focus on key aspects of vaccine development that require attention in the battle against these metazoan parasites, as well as successes in the field of vaccine development for helminthiases and ectoparasites. "
04/01/2011 - "The global strategy for the control of soil-transmitted helminthiasis is based on (i) regular anthelminthic treatment, (ii) health education, (iii) sanitation and personal hygiene and (iv) other means of prevention with vaccines and remote sensoring. "
11/01/2007 - "Helminthiasis, bystander diseases and vaccines: analysis of interaction."
07/01/2014 - "In absence of vaccines for the majority of helminths, chemotherapy is still the mainstay for controlling human helminthiases. "

07/01/2016 - "The results suggest that Vit-D influences the specif IgE response in poor asthmatic children in areas endemic for helminthiasis. "
07/01/2014 - "The area under the ROC curve showed similar values between eosinophil count and IgE levels in the diagnosis of helminthiasis (69% [95% confidence interval (CI) 63%-74%] vs 67% [95% CI 60%-72%], P = 0.24). "
09/01/1993 - "No specific IgE was detected in atopic individuals or in sera from people suffering other helminthiases. "
10/01/1985 - "Of 77 eosinophilic male adolescents studied, 12% were found to have helminthiasis and high circulating serum levels of IgE to Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus. "
11/01/1972 - "Raised levels of serum IgE in human helminthiases."

11/01/2011 - "Croix to implement MDA for treatment of lymphatic filariasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis by using once a year treatment with albendazole and diethylcarbamazine in a population of approximately 8 million persons. "
03/01/2007 - "Foreign migrant workers with work permits in Thailand are given once a year 300 mg diethyl-carbamazine (DEC) for bancroftian filariasis, and 400 mg albendazole (ABZ) for helminthiasis. "
09/01/2004 - "Effectiveness of two annual, single-dose mass drug administrations of diethylcarbamazine alone or in combination with albendazole on soil-transmitted helminthiasis in filariasis elimination programme."
01/01/2003 - "To determine the efficacy of single doses of albendazole, ivermectin and diethylcarbamazine, and of the combinations albendazole + ivermectin and albendazole + diethylcarbamazine against common intestinal helminthiases caused by Ascaris and Trichuris spp. In a randomized, placebo-controlled trial, infected children were randomly assigned to treatment with albendazole + placebo, ivermectin + placebo, diethylcarbamazine + placebo, albendazole + ivermectin, or albendazole + diethylcarbamazine. "
02/01/2014 - "Mass drug administration (MDA) for lymphatic filariasis (LF) programs has delivered more than 2 billion treatments of albendazole, in combination with either ivermectin or diethylcarbamazine, to communities co-endemic for soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH), reducing the prevalence of both diseases. "

09/01/2016 - "Annual preventive chemotherapy against soil-transmitted helminthiasis was highly cost-effective in treatment of school-aged children at a prevalence of 20% (95% UI 5·4-30·5; current guidelines recommend treatment at 20% prevalence) and the entire community at 60% (35·3-85·1; no guidelines available). "
12/01/1989 - "Community-based integrated helminthiasis control measures that include mass chemotherapy, improved sanitation and health education are considered to be the most practical interventions and are being evaluated in Zimbabwe. "
05/12/2020 - "In 2016, after 8 years of twice-annual nationwide preventive chemotherapy (PC) administration to school-age children (SAC), the Bangladesh Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MOHFW) sought improved impact and intervention monitoring data to assess progress toward the newly adopted goal of eliminating soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH) as a public health problem. "
01/01/2012 - "Access to improved sanitation should be prioritized alongside preventive chemotherapy and health education to achieve a durable reduction of the burden of helminthiases."
06/01/2012 - "The implications of this study are of public health relevance and suggest the need for increased efforts in large-scale chemotherapy-based morbidity control programmes, integrated with those for other soil-transmitted helminthiases, in these 2 peripheral areas of the United Republic of Tanzania."

11/01/2005 - "As specific therapy is widely available for most helminthiases a precise diagnosis is important."
04/03/1999 - "This therapy could offer beneficial effects to pregnant women in developing countries, where intestinal helminthiases are endemic."
12/14/1979 - "Thus an effective therapy with few side effects has become possible for these helminthiases. "
05/01/1975 - "[Modern problems of the therapy of helminthiases]."
05/16/1970 - "[Therapy of helminthiasis in pregnancy]."

01/01/2023 - "Understanding factors responsible for the slow decline of soil-transmitted helminthiasis following seven rounds of annual mass drug administration (2012-2018) among school children in endemic counties of Kenya: A mixed method study."
10/17/2022 - "Little is known about the long-term impact of mass drug administration (MDA) for the control of soil-transmitted helminthiases (STH) on the spatiotemporal variation of anaemia prevalence and severity. "
10/17/2022 - "Impact of a 5-Year Mass Drug Administration Programme for Soil-Transmitted Helminthiases on the Spatial Distribution of Childhood Anaemia in Burundi from 2007 to 2011."
11/01/2020 - "In Bangladesh, the prevention and control strategy of soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STHs) is based on the mass drug administration (MDA) program. "
12/01/2019 - "We used a qualitative cross-sectional study in 20 elementary schools in an area of Cagayan Valley, Philippines where soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH) is endemic, to analyze the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats for three intervention components for STH control: mass drug administration (MDA), health education, and sanitation. "

07/07/2020 - "This study demonstrated the scientific rationale for the use of plants to treat helminthiasis in the Togolese traditional medicine. "
09/29/2008 - "The author has highlighted the importance of how, in some parts of Sicily, some ailments like helminthiasis and other correlated pathologies like scantu are 'treated' and, especially within the rural social classes, by folk medicine remedies, herbal practises, particular prayers, rituals and spells. "
09/15/2023 - "are used in traditional medicine of Africa and South America for the treatment of malaria and helminthiasis. "
12/24/2015 - "(crepe ginger, family Costaceae) is an ornamental plant used in traditional medicine for the treatment of inflammation, rheumatism, bronchitis, fever, headache, asthma, flatulence, constipation, helminthiasis, leprosy, skin diseases, hiccough, anemia, as well as burning sensation on urination. "
10/01/2023 - "The aerial parts of Phyllanthus urinaria are used in traditional medicine in West Africa against helminthiasis, but their anthelmintic potential has not been evaluated until now. "

05/23/2016 - "After adjusting for other variables, being mothers who did not have the habit of washing hands after toilet (AOR = 7.3, 95%CI: 2.97-17.95), being occupationally housewife mothers (AOR = 8.9, 95%CI: 2.27-25.4), using protected spring water as a main family source of water (AOR = 3.9, 95%CI: 1.2-12.3) and child habit of not wearing shoe (AOR = 1.91, 95%CI: 1.01-3.64) were significantly associated with high prevalence of soil-transmitted helminthiasis among preschool-age children in Chuahit. "
01/01/2021 - "This study aimed to describe: 1) soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH) and schistosomiasis prevalence and intensity in preschool-age children (PSAC) and school-age children (SAC), 2) schistosomiasis seroprevalence in SAC, 3) undernutrition prevalence in SAC, 4) sanitary toilet coverage in households, and 5) association between STH, Schistosoma japonicum exposure, nutritional status, and sanitation. "