More than 1.5 billion people around the world are infected with soil-transmitted helminths (STHs), parasitic worms that damage their health and are a leading cause of malnutrition in children. While ...

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Background We assessed the risk of helminth infections in association with the use of wastewater and excreta in agriculture in Hanam province, northern Vietnam. In two cross-sectional surveys, we ...

A new study shows that expert-verified AI outperforms both manual microscopy and autonomous AI in detecting intestinal parasite infections - especially in light intensity infections that are often ...

Phase 2 of the trial focused on safety. A small number of participants were recruited and treated sequentially according to weight, to monitor any adverse effects caused by higher-than-usual doses of ...

A new tablet combining albendazole and ivermectin is safe and more effective than albendazole alone in treating Trichuris trichiura and other soil-transmitted helminths (STH), according to a clinical ...

A new tablet combining albendazole and ivermectin is safe and more effective than albendazole alone in treating Trichuris trichiura and other soil-transmitted helminths (STH), according to a clinical ...

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RESEARCHERS at Ifakara Health Institute (IHI) in collaboration with Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) have confirmed the first new drug for treating human parasitic worm ...