I remember being given a deworming formulation when I was a child.” This was shared by one of the most respected pediatric infectious disease experts in the country upon learning of the incident in ...

Abstract: Soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH) is a significant public health issue in the Philippines, with prevalence rates up to 94.4% for certain parasites. Current diagnostics rely on manual ...

Objective Complications of ascariasis are a significant cause of abdominal pain in pediatric emergencies, especially where it is endemic. A literature review was conducted with the aim of improving ...

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Roundworm infection, or toxocariasis, is a zoonotic disease — a disease that can be transmitted from animals to humans. Dogs and cats are the definitive hosts for the roundworm species that commonly ...

Almost all known human specific parasites have been found in ancient feces. A review of the paleoparasitological helminth and intestinal protozoa findings available in the literature is presented. We ...