ReviewTropical medicine and infectious disease2020
Diagnostic Techniques of Soil-Transmitted Helminths: Impact on Control Measures.
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62 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Global prevalence and public health impact of intestinal parasitic infections in children under five: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2026Pooled it
- Diagnostic accuracy of nucleic acid amplification tests for human intestinal nematode infections: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Pooled it
- A systematic review and meta-analysis on the global prevalence of helminthic parasites among schoolchildren: a public health concern.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- Historical overview and geographical distribution of neglected tropical diseases amenable to preventive chemotherapy in the Republic of the Congo: A systematic review.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2022Pooled it
- Thereaputic efficacy of single dose Albendazole against Ascaris lumbricoides, prevalence of re-infection, and its associated factors among school children at Northwest Ethiopia: an open-label trial study.BMC infectious diseases · 2026Trial
- Molecular-based assessment of the efficacy of anthelminthic combination regimens for the treatment of Strongyloides stercoralis in Gabon.Parasitology research · 2025Trial
- A comparison of the diagnostic capability of Kato-Katz and real-time PCR for the assessment of treatment efficacy of ivermectin and albendazole combination against T. trichiura infections.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Trial
- Exploratory analysis of the effect of helminth infection on the immunogenicity and efficacy of the asexual blood-stage malaria vaccine candidate GMZ2.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2021Trial
- Microfilaremic loiasis is associated with T cell hyporesponsiveness against SARS-CoV-2.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Article
- High Prevalence and Regional Heterogeneity of CanineAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Review
- Cost-effectiveness of soil-transmitted helminthiasis intervention programmes: A scoping review.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Article
- Comparative evaluation of Midi ParasepParasites & vectors · 2026Article
- Single-Imaging Parasite-Quantification Microfluidic Device for Detection and Analysis of Schistosoma Eggs in Urine.Micromachines · 2026Article
- Molecular evidence of a high prevalence of Opisthorchis viverrini infection in an endemic community in Sakon Nakhon Province, northeastern Thailand.Tropical medicine and health · 2026Article
- Epidemiology of Intestinal Parasitic Infections Among Sengota Primary Schoolchildren in Dendi District, West Shoa Zone, Ethiopia.Journal of parasitology research · 2026Article
- Soil-Transmitted Helminthes (STHs) and Asymptomatic Bacteriuria Amongst Preschool Children in the Bosomtwe District of Ghana.BioMed research international · 2026Article
- Prevalence and Risk Assessment of Soil-Transmitted Helminths Among the Rice and Vegetable Farmers of Panay, Capiz, Philippines: A Cross-Sectional Study.Acta parasitologica · 2025Article
- Serum levels of Interleukin-10, Interleukin-6, and leptin in patients with Mycobacterium leprae-Helminth Co-Infections.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Observational
- Optimizing community health workers and nonbiomedical approaches to assess the burden of soil-transmitted helminthiasis in a school-aged population in rural Rwanda.BMC primary care · 2025Article
- Needle in a Haystack: A Droplet Digital Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay to Detect Rare Helminth Parasites Infecting Natural Host Populations.Molecular ecology resources · 2025Article
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Abstract
Soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections are common in the tropical and subtropical countries. The burden of disease is highest in endemic areas with limited access to good quality water supply and poor sanitary conditions. Major approaches to control and reduce morbidity caused by worm infections include the periodic deworming of pre-school and school-aged children with anthelminthic drugs. Population-based studies and individual patient management including interventional studies can only be successful when accurate diagnostic techniques are used. The lack of appropriate diagnostic tools providing accurate results concerning both infectious status and intensity of infection-as these two factors vary in regions of low infection intensities-is a major challenge. Currently, available techniques show limited sensitivity and specificity and as such, a combination of several techniques is usually used to diagnose the large variety of parasite species. The objective of this review was to describe the advantages and disadvantages of the different available techniques for the diagnosis of STH infections and to highlight their use in control programs.
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