Soil-transmitted helminth infections

PM Jourdan, PHL Lamberton, A Fenwick, DG Addiss - The lancet, 2018 - thelancet.com
More than a quarter of the world's population is at risk of infection with the soil-transmitted
helminths Ascaris lumbricoides, hookworm (Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator …

Whipworm and roundworm infections

KJ Else, J Keiser, CV Holland, RK Grencis… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Trichuriasis and ascariasis are neglected tropical diseases caused by the gastrointestinal
dwelling nematodes Trichuris trichiura (a whipworm) and Ascaris lumbricoides (a …

[HTML][HTML] Estimates of incidence and mortality of cervical cancer in 2018: a worldwide analysis

M Arbyn, E Weiderpass, L Bruni… - The Lancet Global …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background The knowledge that persistent human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is the
main cause of cervical cancer has resulted in the development of prophylactic vaccines to …

[HTML][HTML] Estimates of global, regional, and national morbidity, mortality, and aetiologies of diarrhoeal diseases: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease …

C Troeger, M Forouzanfar, PC Rao, I Khalil… - The Lancet infectious …, 2017 - thelancet.com
Summary Background The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study
2015 (GBD 2015) provides an up-to-date analysis of the burden of diarrhoeal diseases. This …

Effects of microbiota-directed foods in gnotobiotic animals and undernourished children

JL Gehrig, S Venkatesh, HW Chang, MC Hibberd… - Science, 2019 - science.org
INTRODUCTION There is a dimension to postnatal human development that involves
assembly of microbial communities in different body habitats, including the gut. Children with …

Use of quantitative molecular diagnostic methods to identify causes of diarrhoea in children: a reanalysis of the GEMS case-control study

J Liu, JA Platts-Mills, J Juma, F Kabir, J Nkeze, C Okoi… - The Lancet, 2016 - thelancet.com
Background Diarrhoea is the second leading cause of mortality in children worldwide, but
establishing the cause can be complicated by diverse diagnostic approaches and varying …

[HTML][HTML] Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for …

H Wang, M Naghavi, C Allen, RM Barber, ZA Bhutta… - The lancet, 2016 - thelancet.com
Background Improving survival and extending the longevity of life for all populations
requires timely, robust evidence on local mortality levels and trends. The Global Burden of …

Exposure to animal feces and human health: a systematic review and proposed research priorities

G Penakalapati, J Swarthout, MJ Delahoy… - … science & technology, 2017 - ACS Publications
Humans can be exposed to pathogens from poorly managed animal feces, particularly in
communities where animals live in close proximity to humans. This systematic review of peer …

Recent advances in understanding enteric pathogenic Escherichia coli

MA Croxen, RJ Law, R Scholz… - Clinical microbiology …, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
Although Escherichia coli can be an innocuous resident of the gastrointestinal tract, it also
has the pathogenic capacity to cause significant diarrheal and extraintestinal diseases …

Norovirus

E Robilotti, S Deresinski, BA Pinsky - Clinical microbiology …, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
Norovirus, an RNA virus of the family Caliciviridae, is a human enteric pathogen that causes
substantial morbidity across both health care and community settings. Several factors …