| control strategies for human intestinal nematode infections. | in recent years significant progress has been made in understanding the ecology, epidemiology and related morbidity and development of new tools for the control of soil-transmitted helminths. such knowledge has recognized the impact of helminth infections on the health of infected groups and has created a rational basis for their control. schoolchildren harbour some of the most intense helminthic infections, which produce adverse effects on health, growth and scholastic performance. however, alt ... | 1999 | 10050275 |
| htlv-i infection in the south west indian ocean islands, particularly in la réunion and the seychelles. | data on htlv-i are scarce in several southwest indian ocean islands except for la réunion and the seychelles. the two cases of htlv-i have been confirmed by western-blot in la réunion, among blood donors. in seychelles (87 400 inhabitants in 2012), where blood donors and some other cases are screened, htlv-i was confirmed with a line immune assay in 43 persons and at least 10-20 patients are known to have tropical spastic paraparesia or adult t-cell lymphoma associated with htlv-i. in the south- ... | 2013 | 24136662 |