Medically reviewed by Robert Burakoff, MDIntestinal worms often lead to gastrointestinal symptoms, like diarrhea, because ...

The European Medicines Agency’s positive opinion for ivermectin-albendazole for treating soil-transmitted helminth infections ...

In the United States, the most well-known skin-penetrating parasitic worm, called a nematode, is the hookworm ... nematodes are excreted in the feces of an infected host, and then enter the ...

trichiura, 36% for hookworms and 10% for S. stercoralis. Treatment efficacy was assessed based on cure rates (absence of eggs in stool samples post-treatment) and reduction in the number of eggs ...

Infected dogs also leave hookworm eggs in their feces, which then hatch out into the environment and can spread to humans through skin contact. "In people, hookworms from dogs can cause cutaneous ...

“This is a big problem, as hookworm infections can be dangerous for both humans and animals,” Dr Abdullah said. “In dogs, hookworm infections primarily affect the small intestine leading to ...

hookworm, and whipworm). "We are estimated to harbour 25 per cent of the world's STH cases. Adult worms live in human intestines and produce thousands of eggs daily. These are expelled via stool ...