Soil-transmitted helminth infections are typically easily treated with a single dose of a broad-spectrum benzimidazole anthelminthic, either 400 mg Albenza (albendazole, Amedra Pharmaceuticals) or ...

Strongyloidiasis is a soil-transmitted helminth infection that is concentrated in tropical and subtropical regions of the world, with an estimated prevalence of 50 million infections worldwide. [8 ...

Soil-transmitted helminth infections are spread when parasitic worm eggs contaminate soil and food that is later ingested by people. More than 1.5 billion people around the world are infected with ...

About 25% of the world’s population — more than 1.5 billion people — are infected with soil-transmitted helminths, including hookworms, roundworms and whipworms. Soil-transmitted helminth ...

A new study from Karolinska Institutet shows that artificial intelligence (AI) combined with portable digital microscopy improves the detection of intestinal worm infections, so-called ...

The Department of Health (DOH) on Friday warned that floodwater poses more health risks to children than just leptospirosis, ...

Deworming programs for soil-transmitted helminths. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2019 / 09 / 190911113034.htm. Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.

Helminths are parasitic worms and they infect an estimated 1.5 billion people worldwide. The worms are transmitted through eggs that are present in human feces and can contaminate soil and water.

Researchers reporting in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases have shown that a subset of people with soil-transmitted helminth infections have changes to their microbiome when treated for the ...

Even soil-transmitted helminths — intestinal worms that are contracted in a cringe-inducing spiral of ingesting dirt or vegetables with traces of human feces that contain the eggs of helminths ...