Global COVID-19 efforts as the platform to achieving the sustainable development goals

R Mejia, P Hotez, ME Bottazzi - Current tropical medicine reports, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review In this commentary, we summarize and put into perspective the
recent information that highlights the associations between coronavirus disease and …

Social barriers to safe sanitation access among housed populations in the United States: A systematic review

A Kryston, CG Woods, M Manga - International Journal of Hygiene and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Nearly six million people residing in the United States do not have access to
safely managed sanitation. Housed populations may lack access to centralized wastewater …

[HTML][HTML] The neural basis of heat seeking in a human-infective parasitic worm

AS Bryant, F Ruiz, JH Lee, EA Hallem - Current Biology, 2022 - cell.com
Soil-transmitted parasitic nematodes infect over one billion people and cause devastating
morbidity worldwide. Many of these parasites have infective larvae that locate hosts using …

[HTML][HTML] Parasitic contamination of soil in the southern United States

CC Blackburn, SM Yan, D McCormick… - The American Journal …, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Parasites are generally associated with lower income countries in tropical and subtropical
areas. Still, they are also prevalent in low-income communities in the southern United …

[HTML][HTML] Risk factors for enteric pathogen exposure among children in Black Belt region of Alabama, USA

D Capone, T Bakare, T Barker… - Emerging Infectious …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We collected stool from school-age children from 352 households living in the Black Belt
region of Alabama, USA, where sanitation infrastructure is lacking. We used quantitative …

[HTML][HTML] Using newly optimized genetic tools to probe Strongyloides sensory behaviors

P Mendez, B Walsh, EA Hallem - Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, 2022 - Elsevier
The oft-neglected human-parasitic threadworm, Strongyloides stercoralis, infects roughly
eight percent of the global population, placing disproportionate medical and economic …

[HTML][HTML] Networks, cultures, and institutions: Toward a social immunology

EC Shattuck - Brain, Behavior, & Immunity-Health, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper calls for increased attention to the ways in which immune function–including its
behavioral aspects–are responsive to social contexts at multiple levels …

A Structural Equation Model to Decipher Relationships among Water, Sanitation, and Health in Colonias-Type Unincorporated Communities

LS Rowles III, T Whittaker, PM Ward… - Environmental …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The colonias along the United States—Mexico border are generally self-built neighborhoods
of low-income families that lack basic infrastructure. While some government assistance has …

Modeling strongyloidiasis risk in the United States

R Singer, S Sarkar - International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020 - Elsevier
Objectives To provide a spatial risk assessment for the neglected disease strongyloidiasis in
the United States by prioritizing areas with high probability of Strongyloides stercoralis …

Minimizing the risk of donor-derived events and maximizing organ utilization through education and policy development

RM La Hoz - Infectious Disease Clinics, 2023 - id.theclinics.com
To adequately address the needs of the solid organ transplantation (SOT) system in the
United States (US), it is essential to understand its regulatory framework. The US Congress …