Cryptosporidium and Cryptosporidiosis: The Perspective from the Gulf Countries

SA Ahmed, P Karanis - … Journal of Environmental Research and Public …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The present review discusses the burden of cryptosporidiosis in the Gulf Cooperation
Council (GCC), which is underreported and underestimated. It emphasizes that the …

Health Issues among Nepalese migrant workers in the Middle East

P Adhikary, S Keen… - Health science …, 2011 - eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk
Background: There is little specific published research which examines the health issues
among Nepalese migrant workers in the Middle Eastern countries. In particular, it examines …

A research agenda for helminth diseases of humans: social ecology, environmental determinants, and health systems

A Gazzinelli, R Correa-Oliveira, GJ Yang… - PLoS neglected …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
In this paper, the Disease Reference Group on Helminth Infections (DRG4), established in
2009 by the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), with …

Prevalence of intestinal parasites among food handlers of Sari, Northern Iran

M Sharif, A Daryani, E Kia, F Rezaei… - Revista do Instituto de …, 2015 - SciELO Brasil
Parasitic infection is highly prevalent throughout the developing countries of the world. Food
handlers are a potential source of infection for many intestinal parasites and other …

Health issues of female foreign domestic workers: a systematic review of the scientific and gray literature

R Malhotra, C Arambepola, S Tarun… - … of occupational and …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Although the number of female foreign domestic workers (FDWs) is increasing
worldwide, little is known about their health issues. Objective: To systematically review the …

Migrant workers in Malaysia: current implications of sociodemographic and environmental characteristics in the transmission of intestinal parasitic infections

N Sahimin, YAL Lim, F Ariffin, JM Behnke… - PLoS neglected …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
A cross-sectional study of intestinal parasitic infections amongst migrant workers in Malaysia
was conducted. A total of 388 workers were recruited from five sectors including …

[HTML][HTML] Development and validation of a food safety knowledge, attitudes and self-reported practices (KAP) questionnaire in Omani consumers

N Al-Makhroumi, M Al-Khusaibi, L Al-Subhi… - Journal of the Saudi …, 2022 - Elsevier
Consumer knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) play important roles in ensuring food
safety since the home is implicated in many food poisoning cases. This study aimed to …

Soil-transmitted helminths of humans in Southeast Asia—towards integrated control

AR Jex, YAL Lim, JM Bethony, PJ Hotez… - Advances in …, 2011 - Elsevier
Soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) pose significant public health challenges in many
countries of Southeast Asia (SEA). Overall, approximately one-third of the world's cases of …

[HTML][HTML] Rodent-borne zoonoses in Qatar: A possible One-Health framework for the intervention of future epidemic

MM Islam, E Farag, MM Hassan, SS Jaffrey, M Atta… - One Health, 2023 - Elsevier
The increasing frequency of spillover of zoonotic pathogens from animals to humans in
recent years highlights a need to develop a more comprehensive framework to investigate …

Foodborne disease and food control in the Gulf States

ECD Todd - Food Control, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Gulf States in the Middle East have had to change rapidly from subsidence herding,
farming and fishing communities to modern states through the exploitation of revenue …