Beyond participating in the oxygen transport by red blood cells, iron is an essential
micronutrient and contributes to different physiological pathways and processes, such as …

Soil-transmitted helminths (STH) is a major healthcare challenge in the pediatric age group
affecting poor and deprived parts of our community. The main species that infect people are …

Increasing evidence of arsenic contamination in ground water and its associated adverse
health outcomes affects millions of people worldwide. However, arsenic toxicity studies in …

Childhood anemia has major adverse consequences for health and development. It's
prevalence in India continues to range from 70 to 90%. Although anemia is multifactorial in …

The current widespread school-based control of soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections is
also advocated for preschool children. The objective of this study was to assess infection …

Background The health of school-aged children (SAC) is often compromised by malaria
parasitaemia (MP), soil-transmitted helminths (STH), and malnutrition in the tropics. The aim …

© 201? Japanese Society of Tropical Medicine Abstract: Anemia is a severe public health
problem in the Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR). Consequently, a new control …

Background: Small bowel obstruction is the commonest surgical emergency encountered in
childhood. We observed that intestinal obstruction caused by ascariasis is one of the leading …

Background Ascariasis is the commonest intestinal nematodal infestation in man. Ascariasis
commonly inhabits small bowel although it can migrate to biliary tree and other orifices. The …

Although the prevalence of helminths infection among schoolchildren is known, there has
been little progress in the application of count model for modelling the risk factors of …