Food-borne and water-borne diseases under climate change in low-and middle-income countries: Further efforts needed for reducing environmental health exposure …

G Cissé - Acta tropica, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper provides a view of the major facts and figures related to infectious diseases with
a focus on food-borne and water-borne diseases and their link with environmental factors …

Soil transmitted helminth infections in Ghana: a ten year review

M Ahiadorme, E Morhe - Pan African Medical Journal, 2020 - ajol.info
For more than a decade, intervention programs have been instituted in Ghana to combat soil
transmitted helminth (STHs) infections. Knowledge of the trend of the infection in the country …

Gastrointestinal helminths in farmers and their ruminant livestock from the Coastal Savannah zone of Ghana

SA Squire, R Yang, I Robertson, I Ayi, DS Squire… - Parasitology …, 2018 - Springer
To identify the gastrointestinal helminths of veterinary, zoonotic and public health
importance in farmers and their ruminant livestock in Ghana, faecal samples were collected …

Multidrug resistant enteric bacterial pathogens in a psychiatric hospital in Ghana: implications for control of nosocomial infections

KO Duedu, G Offei, FS Codjoe… - International journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Enteric bacteria are commonly implicated in hospital‐acquired or nosocomial infections. In
Ghana, these infections constitute an important public health problem but little is known …

Prevalence of Giardiasis and Entamoeba Species in Two of the Six Governorates of Kuwait

RM AlAyyar, AA AlAqeel… - Journal of parasitology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Intestinal parasitic infections are a global concern owing to elevated rates of morbidity and
mortality in many parts of the world. Increased rates of intestinal parasitic infections are …

Prevalence and correlates of intestinal parasites among patients admitted to Mirembe National Mental Health Hospital, Dodoma, Tanzania

AA Nyundo, DZ Munisi… - Journal of Parasitology …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Background. Neglected tropical diseases continue to be one of the leading causes of
morbidity and mortality in the developing world. Psychiatric patients are among groups at …

Spatio-temporal analysis of small-area intestinal parasites infections in Ghana

FB Osei, A Stein - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Intestinal parasites infection is a major public health burden in low and middle-income
countries. In Ghana, it is amongst the top five morbidities. In order to optimize scarce …

Poisson-Gamma mixture spatially varying coefficient modeling of small-area intestinal parasites infection

FB Osei, A Stein, A Ofosu - … journal of environmental research and public …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Understanding the spatially varying effects of demographic factors on the spatio-temporal
variation of intestinal parasites infections is important for public health intervention and …

[HTML][HTML] Malaria, gastrointestinal parasite infection and nutritional status among febrile children in Accra, Ghana

BA Darko, CM Owusu-Asenso, K Addo-Osafo… - Research …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods The study was conducted among febrile children aged 6 months to 5 years
attending three health facilities in Accra from May to October, 2022. A total of 315 children …

Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections among people living with HIV/AIDS visiting a central hospital of Kathmandu Nepal

HN Sharma, BS Chalise, G Rai, N Adhikari… - Asian Journal of …, 2017 - ajmsjournal.info
Abstract Backgrounds: Intestinal Parasitic Infection (IPI) plays a vital role in the prognosis of
People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA). Aims and Objectives: In this study, we aimed to …