Objective To assess the impact of hookworm infection and preventive chemotherapy on
haemoglobin levels in non‐pregnant populations in endemic areas. Method Systematic …

Objectives To summarise age‐and intensity‐stratified associations between human
hookworm infection and anaemia and to quantify the impact of treatment with the …

Background and Objectives Hookworm infection is among the major causes of anaemia in
poor communities, but its importance in causing maternal anaemia is poorly understood …

The impact of albendazole (400 mg) and praziquantel (40 mg/kg body weight) treatment of
schoolchildren was compared with placebo according to the presence of anaemia …

This study aims to assess the association between schistosomiasis and hookworm infection
with hemoglobin levels of schoolchildren in northern Mozambique. Through a cross …

Human hookworm infection is one of the most ubiquitous illnesses in people who live in
extreme poverty. The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study estimates that in the year 2016 …

The impact of the Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GPELF)(initiated in
2000 in Ghana and ran for 12 years) in mitigating soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections …

Hookworm is an intestinal parasite that infects nearly 230 million people, with another 5.1
billion at risk, especially in poverty-stricken tropical and subtropical regions. Pregnancy is an …

Background Information about improvements in the health status of population at-risk of
helminth infection after anthelminthic treatment helps to evaluate the effectiveness of the …

Low haemoglobin level is a common public health problem in many developing countries
and is mainly attributed to parasitic intestinal helminth infections. The parasite species …