Background In countries of high endemicity of the soil-transmitted helminth parasites Ascaris
lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura, and hookworm, preventive chemotherapy (ie, repeated …

An estimated 750 million people are at risk of infections with food-borne trematodes, which
comprise liver flukes (Clonorchis sinensis, Fasciola gigantica, Fasciola hepatica …

No commonly used framework exists in the scholarly study of the social impacts of dams.
This hinders comparisons of analyses and thus the accumulation of knowledge. The aim of …

Scholars have been exploring the social impacts of dams for over 50 years, but a lack of
systematic approaches has resulted in many research gaps remaining. This paper presents …

The worldwide prevalence of geohelminths and their unique place in evolutionary biology
have attracted research focus. These major soil-transmitted intestinal nematodes that cause …

Anthropogenic climate change will have significant impacts on both human migration and
population health, including infectious disease. It will amplify and alter migration pathways …

This study explores the factors affecting workplace well-being in building construction
projects. The objectives of this study are (1) to investigate the critical factors for workplace …

Background Detailed investigations of multiparasitism are scarce in the Mekong River basin.
We assessed helminth (trematode, nematode, and cestode), and intestinal protozoa …

Besides the 'big three'—HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis—there are a host of diseases
that, by comparison, are truly neglected. These so-called neglected tropical diseases …

Schistosomiasis found in communities along the Mekong River in Cambodia and Lao
People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) is caused by the blood fluke Schistosoma …