The Department of Health (DOH) yesterday warned parents and guardians that apart from leptospirosis, children playing in ...

This infection is known as helminthiasis, although it's sometimes called helminthosis or simply a worm infection. Helminths are most common in areas that have moist, warm climates and poor sanitation.

About 25% of the world’s population — more than 1.5 billion people — are infected with soil-transmitted helminths, including hookworms, roundworms and whipworms. Soil-transmitted helminth ...

Helminth infections are ubiquitous worldwide and can trigger potent immune responses that differ from and potentially antagonize host protective responses to microbial pathogens. In this Review we ...

Helminth Infections Helminths are parasitic worms with a worldwide geographic distribution. These worms typically infect residents of developing nations and, without treatment, create chronic ...

"Helminth infection protects against high fat diet-induced obesity via induction of alternatively activated macrophages." Scientific Reports 8, Article number: 4607. Published: 15-Mar-2018. doi: ...

Helminth infections have a negative impact on immune responses to tuberculosis, hepatitis B, influenza, and measles vaccines. Nevertheless, the effect of infection on SARS-CoV-2 vaccine efficacy ...

Helminth infections common in Medieval Europe, grave study finds. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2020 / 08 / 200827141311.htm ...

Although helminth infections--including tapeworms and roundworms--are among the world's top neglected diseases, they are no longer endemic in Europe. However, researchers reporting in PLOS ...

Similar to other helminth infections, lymphatic filariasis has been shown to have prominent symptoms in pregnancy affecting both the mother and the developing fetus.