Liana Ariza

TL;DR: Parasites of importance for human health were highly prevalent in Nigerian dogs, and knowledge regarding zoonoses was very limited and the diseases not considered a major health problem.

TL;DR: The dimeticone product is a safe and highly efficacious pediculicide due to its physical mode of action (interruption of the lice's oxygen supply of the central nervous system), development of resistance is unlikely.

TL;DR: Young women in northeastern Brazil living under poor socioeconomic conditions are at highest risk for acquiring infection with T. gondii, and oocyst contamination of water and soil must be addressed in future prevention strategies.

TL;DR: The presence of tungiasis in Erekiti is determined to an important extent by a limited number of modifiable variables, and effective and sustainable intervention measures addressing these factors need to be implemented in this and other West African communities with high disease burden.

TL;DR: In this impoverished community scabies is an important health problem characterized by continuous transmission throughout the year and embedded in a complex web of causation characterized by poor living conditions and a low level of education.