Hookworm Infections - Research News and Information

Saturday, January 10, 2009

Wastewater quality and the risk of intestinal nematode infection in sewage farming families in hyderabad, India.

29 Sep 2008 Use of sewage or wastewater in agriculture is becoming increasingly common as a result of a global water scarcity. Intestinal nematode infections have been identified as the main health risk associated with this practice. To protect consumer and ... Read more...

Plasmodium falciparum and helminth coinfection in a semi urban population of pregnant women in Uganda.

13 Sep 2008 BACKGROUND: Helminth infections and malaria are widespread in the tropics. Recent studies suggest helminth infections may increase susceptibility to Plasmodium falciparum infection. If confirmed, this increased susceptibility could be particularly ... Read more...

Multivalent anthelminthic vaccine to prevent hookworm and schistosomiasis.

30 Jul 2008 Hookworm infection and schistosomiasis are two of the world's most important human parasitic infections, affecting hundreds of millions of people in developing countries. Measured together in disability-adjusted life years, hookworm infection and ... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Hookworm Infections'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Wastewater quality and the risk of intestinal nematode infection in sewage farming families in hyderabad, India. 29 Sep 2008
• Plasmodium falciparum and helminth coinfection in a semi urban population of pregnant women in Uganda. 13 Sep 2008
• Multivalent anthelminthic vaccine to prevent hookworm and schistosomiasis. 30 Jul 2008
• Hookworm, Ascaris lumbricoides infection and polyparasitism associated with poor cognitive performance in Brazilian schoolchildren. 7 Jul 2008
• Pattern and predictors of soil-transmitted helminth reinfection among aboriginal schoolchildren in rural Peninsular Malaysia. 3 Jun 2008
• Development of a model of hookworm infection exhibiting salient characteristics of human infection. 30 May 2008
• Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of hookworm-related cutaneous larva migrans. 29 Apr 2008
• Efficacy of current drugs against soil-transmitted helminth infections: systematic review and meta-analysis. 21 Apr 2008
• Isospora belli, Strongyloides stercoralis & hookworm multiple-infection in a person with HIV infection & normal CD4+ T-lymphocyte count. 30 Mar 2008
• Randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial of the Na-ASP-2 hookworm vaccine in unexposed adults. 9 Mar 2008
• Anemia, iron deficiency, meat consumption, and hookworm infection in women of reproductive age in northwest Vietnam. 28 Feb 2008
• A slothful afternoon on an Alabama farm. 28 Feb 2008
• Severe anemia in Malawian children. 26 Feb 2008
• Age patterns in undernutrition and helminth infection in a rural area of Brazil: associations with ascariasis and hookworm. 23 Feb 2008
• Randomized controlled experiments in health and social sciences: some conceptual issues. 31 Jan 2008
• Hookworm vaccines. 13 Jan 2008
• Use of the air pouch model to investigate immune responses to a hookworm vaccine containing the Na-ASP-2 protein in rats. 30 Dec 2007
• Hookworm infestation. 30 Dec 2007
• Prevalence and risk factors of hookworm-related cutaneous larva migrans in a rural community in Brazil. 30 Dec 2007
• Prevalence of zoonotic nematode species in dogs in Lancashire. 6 Dec 2007

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Technical information about 'Hookworm Infections'

Definition: Infection of humans or animals with hookworms other than those caused by the genus Ancylostoma or Necator, for which the specific terms ANCYLOSTOMIASIS and NECATORIASIS are available.

Descriptor UI: D006725

Alternative terms: Hookworm Infections; Infections, Hookworm; Hookworm Infection; Infection, Hookworm; Bunostomiasis; Bunostomiases;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; transmission; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C03.335.508.700.775.455;

Online Note: use HOOKWORM INFECTIONS to search HOOKWORM INFECTION 1966-72 & BUNOSTOMIASIS 1968-92

History Note: 73; was HOOKWORM INFECTION 1963-72; BUNOSTOMIASIS was heading 1968-92

Technical Notes: GEN: prefer specifics; New World hookworm infection = NECATORIASIS, Old World hookworm infection = ANCYLOSTOMIASIS