Immune support by micronutrients is historically based on vitamin C deficiency and
supplementation in scurvy in early times. It has since been established that the complex …

SUMMARY This Practical Guidance for Clinical Microbiology document on the laboratory
diagnosis of parasites from the gastrointestinal tract provides practical information for the …

On May 22, 2001, a resolution passed during the 54th World Health Assembly (WHA 54.19)
took an historic step toward reducing the morbidity and mortality associated with the world's …

Background School children in developing countries like Nigeria are faced with numerous
nutrition and health problems. Lack of functional school health and nutrition programmes in …

Helminths are multicellular invertebrates that colonize the gut of many vertebrate animals
including humans. This colonization can result in pathology, which requires treatment. It can …

Background: Several studies have been carried out assessing the prevalence of
undernutrition and possible determinants among schoolchildren in Ethiopia, but there is a …

Background Knowing the prevalence of schistosomiasis is key to informing programmes to
control and eliminate the disease as a public health problem. It is also important to …

Objective Vitamins are known to be associated with immunity and nutrition. Moreover,
vitamin deficiency can affect host immunity to various infectious diseases, including …

This review evaluates the effects of mass deworming for soil‐transmitted helminths on
growth, educational achievement, cognition, school attendance, quality of life and adverse …

Pastoralist children in the Ethiopian Somali Regional State (ESRS) are at high risk for
undernutrition and intestinal parasitic infections (IPIs). We assessed the nutritional status …