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Environmental Detection of Parasites in the Marginalized Paiute Reservations Compared to a Nearby Area
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2024 Feb 13:tpmd230712. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0712. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe amounts of parasite DNA in soil samples from different playgrounds and other public areas can help identify areas of possible microbe transmission and give indications of the possible occurrence of parasite infection in nearby communities. We collected 207 soil samples from parks in Paiute indigenous tribal areas in southwestern Utah and from the higher income city of St. George, Utah, and tested them for 11 parasites that can cause human disease. Molecular tests revealed an elevated odds ratio (OR) of 3.072 (range, 1.1...
Source: Am J Trop Med Hyg - February 13, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Shannon McKim Kristen Kopystynsky Nathaniel Wolf Fahim A Akbar Maria Elena Bottazzi Peter J Hotez Rojelio Mejia Source Type: research

Environmental Detection of Parasites in the Marginalized Paiute Reservations Compared to a Nearby Area
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2024 Feb 13:tpmd230712. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0712. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe amounts of parasite DNA in soil samples from different playgrounds and other public areas can help identify areas of possible microbe transmission and give indications of the possible occurrence of parasite infection in nearby communities. We collected 207 soil samples from parks in Paiute indigenous tribal areas in southwestern Utah and from the higher income city of St. George, Utah, and tested them for 11 parasites that can cause human disease. Molecular tests revealed an elevated odds ratio (OR) of 3.072 (range, 1.1...
Source: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - February 13, 2024 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Shannon McKim Kristen Kopystynsky Nathaniel Wolf Fahim A Akbar Maria Elena Bottazzi Peter J Hotez Rojelio Mejia Source Type: research

Molecular identification, phylogenetic analysis and histopathological study of pathogenic free-living amoebae isolated from discus fish (Symphysodon aequifasciatus) in Iran: 2020 –2022
Free-living amoebae (FLA) are capable of inhabiting diverse reservoirs independently, without relying on a host organism, hence their designation as “free-living”. The majority of amoebae that infect freshwate... (Source: BMC Veterinary Research)
Source: BMC Veterinary Research - February 12, 2024 Category: Veterinary Research Authors: Hooman Rahmati-Holasoo, Maryam Niyyati, Marziye Fatemi, Fatemeh Mahdavi Abhari, Sara Shokrpoor, Alireza Nassiri and Amin Marandi Tags: Research Source Type: research

Cerebrospinal fluid inflammatory cytokine profiles of patients with neurotropic parasitic infections
In this study, cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) samples from suspected patients with parasitic infections were screened for pathogenic free-living amoebae by culture (n=2506) and PCR (n=275). Six proinflammatory cytokines in smear and culture-negative CSF samples from patients with GAE (n = 2), NCC (n = 7), and CT (n = 23) as well as control (n = 7) patients were measured using the Multiplex Suspension assay. None of the CSF samples tested was positive for neurotropic free-living amoebae by culture and only two samples showed Acanthamoeba 18S rRNA by PCR. Of the six cytokines measured, only IL-6 and IL-8 were significantly incr...
Source: Tropical Biomedicine - February 3, 2024 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: D V John N Sreenivas H Deora M Purushottam M Debnath A Mahadevan S A Patil Source Type: research