Search Results - "Anegagrie, Melaku"
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Efficacy and safety of prazequantel for the treatment of Schistosoma mansoni infection across different transmission settings in Amhara Regional State, northwest Ethiopia
Published in PloS one (04-03-2024)“…Schistosoma mansoni and S. haematobium infections have been public health problems in Ethiopia, S. mansoni being more prevalent. To reduce the burden of…”
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Knowledge, attitude and practice towards intestinal schistosomiasis among school-aged children and adults in Amhara Regional State, northwest Ethiopia. A cross-sectional study
Published in Tropical medicine and health (11-03-2024)“…Schistosoma mansoni causes intestinal schistosomiasis (SCH) in all regions of Ethiopia. Despite many years of mass treatment, the prevalence has not dropped…”
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Environmental characteristics around the household and their association with hookworm infection in rural communities from Bahir Dar, Amhara Region, Ethiopia
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-06-2021)“…Soil-Transmitted Helminths (STH) are highly prevalent Neglected Tropical Disease in Ethiopia, an estimated 26 million are infected. Geographic Information…”
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Evaluation of five diagnostic methods for Strongyloides stercoralis infection in Amhara National Regional State, northwest Ethiopia
Published in BMC infectious diseases (28-03-2022)“…Strongyloides stercoralis is an intestinal parasite that can cause chronic infection, hyperinfection and/or a dissemination syndrome in humans. The use of…”
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Feature importance: Opening a soil-transmitted helminth machine learning model via SHAP
Published in Infectious disease modelling (01-03-2022)“…In the field of landscape epidemiology, the contribution of machine learning (ML) to modeling of epidemiological risk scenarios presents itself as a good…”
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Deletion patterns, genetic variability and protein structure of pfhrp2 and pfhrp3: implications for malaria rapid diagnostic test in Amhara region, Ethiopia
Published in Malaria journal (08-10-2022)“…Abstract Background Although rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) play a key role in malaria-control strategies, their efficacy has been threatened by deletion and…”
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Prevalence and Genetic Diversity of Giardia duodenalis and Cryptosporidium spp. among School Children in a Rural Area of the Amhara Region, North-West Ethiopia
Published in PloS one (28-07-2016)“…Giardia duodenalis and Cryptosporidium spp. are enteric protozoan causing gastrointestinal illness in humans and animals. Giardiasis and cryptosporidiosis are…”
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Prevalence of Strongyloides stercoralis infection and associated clinical symptoms among schoolchildren living in different altitudes of Amhara National Regional State, northwest Ethiopia
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-04-2022)“…Strongyloides stercoralis is a parasite that causes strongyloidiasis in humans. It is prevalent in the tropics and sub-tropics where poor sanitation is a…”
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Epidemiology of intestinal helminthiases in a rural community of Ethiopia: Is it time to expand control programs to include Strongyloides stercoralis and the entire community?
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-06-2020)“…Background Soil transmitted helminths are highly prevalent worldwide. Globally, approximately 1.5 billion people are infected with Ascaris lumbricoides,…”
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Agar Plate Culture: An Alternative Sensitive Routine Laboratory Detec-tion Method for Strongyloides stercoralis and Hookworm Parasites
Published in Iranian journal of parasitology (01-02-2021)“…Background: Human infection withStrongyloides stercoralis and hookworm parasites is usually under reported due to less sensitive diagnostic methods. Agar plate…”
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Efficacy of Single Dose Ivermectin Against Strongyloides stercoralis Infection Among Primary School Children in Amhara National Regional State
Published in Infectious diseases (2020)“…Background: Ivermectin has been proven to be highly effective against Strongyloides stercoralis in some countries. However, its single dose (200 μg/kg)…”
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Determinant factors of chronic Strongyloides stercoralis infection among schoolchildren in Amhara National Regional State, northwest Ethiopia
Published in Acta tropica (01-02-2022)“…•Distribution of S. stercoralis is different across altitude difference in Amhara Region.•Socio-demographic, behavioral and environmental factors are…”
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Agar Plate Culture: An Alternative Sensitive Routine Laboratory Detection Method for Strongyloides stercoralis and Hookworm Parasites
Published in Iranian journal of parasitology (01-01-2021)“…Human infection with and hookworm parasites is usually under reported due to less sensitive diagnostic methods. Agar plate culture (APC) is the most sensitive…”
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Review of the WHO guideline on preventive chemotherapy for public health control of strongyloidiasis
Published in The Lancet infectious diseases (28-10-2024)“…Strongyloidiasis is a soil-transmitted helminthiasis that is estimated to affect 300–600 million people across Asia, Africa, South and central America, and the…”
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High prevalence of Strongyloides stercoralis in school-aged children in a rural highland of north-western Ethiopia: the role of intensive diagnostic work-up
Published in Parasites & vectors (01-12-2016)“…Soil-transmitted helminthiases (hookworms, Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura) are extremely prevalent in school-aged children living in poor…”
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