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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(25)00084-2 | DOI Listing |
PLoS Negl Trop Dis
September 2025
Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Allschwil, Switzerland.
Background: Soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections remain a public health problem in Uganda despite biannual national deworming campaigns implemented since the early 2000s. Recent surveys have indicated a heterogeneous STH infection prevalence, suggesting that the current blanket deworming strategy may no longer be cost-effective. This study identified infection predictors, estimated the geographic distribution of STH infection prevalence by species, and calculated deworming needs for school-age children (SAC).
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September 2025
Parasitological Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Exact Sciences and Technology, University of Panama, Panama City, Panama.
Background: Filarioid nematodes are significant vector-borne parasites affecting both humans and animals. Despite their importance, their distribution, ecological dynamics, and health implications remain poorly characterized in the Neotropics. This knowledge gap is particularly critical in high-risk areas like the Darién, a vital migratory corridor connecting the diverse ecosystems of South and Central America, where unregulated migration intersects with complex ecological and social dynamics, creating optimal conditions for the emergence and spread of filarial infections.
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September 2025
School of Biodiversity, One Health and Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
Direct morbidity assessments are rarely included in monitoring and evaluation of Schistosoma mansoni mass drug administration programmes. This is despite morbidity reduction being the leading objective of control and elimination as a public health problem in the World Health Organization (WHO) targets. Instead, the number of eggs-per-gram (EPG) of faeces are used as a morbidity proxy.
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September 2025
Mosquitoborne diseases are a growing threat to public health worldwide. Human dirofilariasis, caused by the nematode Dirofilaria repens and transmitted by mosquitoes from various genera, has recently expanded into new areas of Europe. In this article, we report molecularly confirmed autochthonous human D.
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June 2025
Department of Medical Laboratory Science, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.
Background: Onchocerciasis is a vector-borne disease caused by the tissue nematode Onchocerca volvulus. Despite its importance for targeted intervention, the national prevalence is not well addressed in Ethiopia.
Objective: This review aimed to determine the pooled prevalence of human onchocerciasis in Ethiopia.