Inclusion of pregnant women in COVID-19 clinical trials would allow evaluation of effective
therapies that might improve maternal health, pregnancy, and birth outcomes, and avoid the …

Human scabies, a common infestation, has a worldwide distribution with a variable impact
and presentation depending on the clinical situation. In developed, high-income settings …

Hookworms are soil-transmitted nematode parasites that can reside for many years in the
small intestine of their human hosts; Necator americanus is the predominant infecting …

Objective To evaluate efficacies of anthelmintic drugs against soil transmitted helminths in
terms of cure rates and egg reduction rates. Design Systematic review and network meta …

Scabies is a parasitic disease of the skin that disproportionately affects disadvantaged
populations. The disease causes considerable morbidity and leads to severe bacterial …

Parasitic worms (helminths) have accompanied humans for thousands of years and, still
today, they are pervasive where poverty persists, including large parts of Southeast Asia and …

Background The heterogeneity of malaria transmission makes widespread elimination a
difficult goal to achieve. Most of the current vector control measures insufficiently target …

Background About 3· 7 billion doses of ivermectin have been distributed in mass drug
administration (MDA) campaigns globally over the past 30 years. At 10–100 times higher …

Ivermectin is an endectocide that has been used broadly in single dose community
campaigns for the control of onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis for more than 30 years …

Background. Single-dose albendazole and mebendazole show limited efficacy in the
treatment of trichuriasis. The combination of albendazole with ivermectin improves efficacy …