Helminthology

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WHO's update on Dracunculiasis (guinea-worm disease), May 2016

2/6/2016 0:0

Dracunculiasis (commonly known as guinea-worm disease) is a crippling parasitic disease caused by Dracunculus medinensis- a long, thread-like worm. It is transmitted exclusively when people drink stagnant water contaminated with parasite-infected water fleas.

Updated information about Schistosomiasis

1/3/2016 0:0

Schistosomiasis is an acute and chronic parasitic disease caused by blood flukes (trematode worms) of the genus Schistosoma. Estimates show that at least 258 million people required preventive treatment in 2014. Preventive treatment, which should be repeated over a number of years, will reduce and prevent ...

10 facts about schistosomiasis

24/2/2016 0:0

Schistosomiasis is an acute and chronic, parasitic disease caused by blood flukes (trematode worms) of the genus Schistosoma. At least 258 million people required treatment in 2014. Treatment, which should be repeated over a number of years, will reduce and prevent morbidity. The WHO strategy for schistosomiasis ...

Intestinal helminth infections and these diseases control activities in Vietnam

27/8/2015 0:0

At the workshops on evaluating the prevention of malaria, parasitic and vector-borne diseases in the first 6 months of 2015 held by the institutes of malariology, parasitology and entomology (Ministry of Health-MoH), the control of parasitic diseases, mainly intestinal helminthiases is an important ...

Deworming campaign improves child health, school attendance in Rwanda

20/7/2015 0:0

Soil-transmitted helminth is one of the most common infections worldwide, with roughly 2 billion people affected in the poorest and most deprived communities. Caused by different species of parasitic worms, the infection is transmitted by eggs present in human faeces, which in turn contaminate ...

Tapeworm found living inside a patient

8/12/2014 0:0

A genome of a rare species of tapeworm found living inside a patient's brain has been sequenced for the first time, in research published in the open access journalGenome Biology. The study provides insights into potential drug targets within the genome for future treatments.

Situation of Fascioliasis and intestinal parasitic diseases in first 5 months of 2011

15/7/2011 0:0

Entering summery season, Fascioliasis and parasitic diseases have developed more and more highly, especially in first 5 months of 2011, there were a large number of patients going to the speciality clinic for medical examination and being diagnosed with intestinal parasitic diseases, which were higher ...

Fascioliasis and intestinal parasitic diseases in Central Vietnam tending to increase highly in first 4 months of 2011

24/6/2011 0:0

With the advantageous condition of climate and environment, the infection of intestinal parasites has become popular, especially in Central Vietnam in the first 4 years of 2011, rate of Fascioliasis and emerging parasitic diseases increased highly against the same period of 2010.

The detection and treatment of helminthic diseases at the Institute's specialist clinic in the first three months of 2011

15/4/2011 0:0

In the first three months of 2011, at the special clinic of the IMPE Quy Nhon, there were a large number of patients being diagnosed with intestinal parasitic diseases, which forecast an increase and development of theses diseases in the coming summery months in Central Vietnam.

Fascioliasis and emerging parasitic diseases - the issues should be resolved

16/2/2011 0:0

In recent years, Fascioliasis in the Central Vietnam has become the hot issue of the whole country. It is a parasitic disease relating to the habits of eating and driking and environmental hygiene, directly affects the people's health and productivity. Along with Fascioliasis, some emerging helminthic ...

Fascioliasis and intestinal parasitic diseases control activities of IMPE-Quy Nhon in the first half of 2010.

1/9/2010 0:0

According to the statistics of IMPE-Quy Nhon, in the first half of 2010, there were 1,028 Fascioliasis morbidity cases in Central Vietnam (with the Institute's clinic 528 and the provinces of Binh Dinh, Quang Ngai, Quang Nam 500) and 2,360 cases of follow-up exammination.

Anthelmintic Drugs For Fascioliasis - Egaten 250mg Available

9/10/2009 0:0

Confronted with situation of more and more Fascioliasis cases increasing and serious shortage of anthelmintic drugs, the Ministry of Health (MoH) has approved the IMPE Quy Nhon's purchase of 12,000 Egaten 250 mg tablets (6,000 doses) with the price of only VND 28,895 per tablet for the treating ...

MoH's direction of the purchase of the anthelmintic drugs for Fascioliasis

16/7/2009 0:0

In the first 6 months of 2009, Fascioliasis patients increase drastically in many provinces of Central Vietnam, causing a shortage of Triclabendzole tablets (Egaten 250 mg) provided by the World Health Organization (WHO) for treatment. In order to timely solve this problem and maintain a permanent supply ...

Fascioliasis cases on the alarming increase in Central Vietnam in the first months of 2009 and priority solutions

2/7/2009 0:0

Central Vietnam is facing high infection of Fascioliasis, including the provinces of Binh Dinh, Quang Ngai, Phu Yen, Gia Lai, Quang Nam, Khanh Hoa, Da Nang... From the outbreak of Fascioliasis in 2006 to now, over 80% of all Fascioliasis cases were detected from these provinces every year, especially ...

Fascioliasis patients increasing in some provinces of Central Vietnam in the first quarter of 2009

23/4/2009 0:0

In the first months of 2009 (from January to March, 2009), the number of Fascioliasis patients has tended to increase in Central Vietnam, especially at the IMPE Quy Nhon's specialist clinic.

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