A study in Cambridge investigated and compared the worm burden of friars living in a monastery in medieval England with that of towns people in the… Read more »
The DeWorm3 transmission model seeks to answer the question. The trial is testing the hypothesis that frequent mass drug administration with high… Read more »
Soil-transmitted helminths and schistosomiasis are the most prevalent neglected tropical diseases. In Ethiopia alone they infect… Read more »
Significant changes in gut microbial composition (gut dysbiosis) are induced by infection with the soil-transmitted helminth… Read more »
We would like to start the new year with good news - there has been great progress towards targets of eliminating soil-transmitted… Read more »
Over one-seventh of the world's population moved within the last year. Migration is only expected to increase in the coming years.… Read more »
New findings have revealed that Giardia infections remained prevalent in a low-income setting throughout a regular deworming… Read more »
In the Wolaita zone in southern Ethiopia a research initiative is underway to assess strategies to achieve transmission break for… Read more »
Worldwide, an estimated 880 million children need treatment for soil-transmitted helminthiases. A new paper shows how implementing… Read more »
A recent study by Coffeng and team uses mathematical model simulations to predict the short-term and long-term impact of Water,… Read more »
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