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Prevalence of human trichostrongyliasis in Iran: a systematic review and meta-analysis
In this study, we aimed to identify the prevalence rate of Trichostrongylus infection in the Iranian general population to progress to a complete description of the disease situation in Iran for future use. English and Persian databases, such as PubMed, Science Direct, Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar are the English databases and Magiran, Scientific Information Database, Iran Medex, and Iran Doc, as well as dissertations of graduate student was searched. Our search resulted in 18 reports published between 1984 and 2015, including 13 published in Persian and five in English. The random errors method was used for ...
Source: Reviews in Medical Microbiology - December 25, 2021 Category: Microbiology Tags: MICROBIOLOGY Source Type: research

What Are Presentations of Neurocysticercosis?
Discussion Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is the most common parasitic CNS infection world-wide. It is caused by the larval stage of the pork tapeworm Taenia solium. It is endemic in Southeast Asia including the Indian Subcontinent, sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America. It is becoming more common in other areas of the world because of immigration and the overall ease of travel. The basic Taenia lifecycle is that humans eat un- or undercooked pork (pigs are the intermediate host) that is invested with the larvae called cysterici. The adult tapeworm forms in the human gastrointestinal tract and eggs are produced. Humans are the de...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - March 20, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news

School-Based Deworming Programmes Important But Other Strategies Essential To Control STH
Although they have an important impact on children's health and education, school-based deworming programmes have a limited impact on the level of infection in the wider community, according to a mathematical modeling study conducted by researchers at Imperial College London. Parasitic worms called soil-transmitted helminths (STH) infect more than a billion people in developing countries; these worms rob the infected person of nutrition and negatively affect physical growth and cognitive development, especially in children...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Tropical Diseases Source Type: news

Assessing the Health Impact of the following Measures in Schools in Maradi (Niger): Construction of Latrines, Clean Water Supply, Establishment of Hand Washing Stations, and Health Education.
Conclusions. Putting health infrastructure in place in schools obviously had an impact on hygiene-related habits in the beneficiary schools and communities. PMID: 24563779 [PubMed]
Source: Journal of Parasitology Research - December 1, 2014 Category: Parasitology Tags: J Parasitol Res Source Type: research

CREEPY, DREADFUL, WONDERFUL PARASITES: A Parasitologist's View of the World
Every week Bobbi Pritt, M.D., posts a new case, along with the answer to the previous case. Read Dr. Pritt's blog: Parasite Wonders and submit your answers, comments and questions. Enjoy science! Note from Dr. Pritt: All opinions expressed here are mine and not my employer's. Information provided here is for medical education only. It is not intended [...]
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - February 16, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

CREEPY, DREADFUL, WONDERFUL PARASITES: A Parasitologist's View of the World - Week of Feb. 16, 2014
Every week Bobbi Pritt, M.D., posts a new case, along with the answer to the previous case. Read Dr. Pritt's blog: Parasite Wonders and submit your answers, comments and questions. Enjoy science! Note from Dr. Pritt: All opinions expressed here are mine and not my employer's. Information provided here is for medical education only. It is not intended [...]
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - February 16, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

CREEPY, DREADFUL, WONDERFUL PARASITES: A Parasitologist's View of the World - Week of Feb. 23, 2014
Every week Bobbi Pritt, M.D., posts a new case, along with the answer to the previous case. Read Dr. Pritt's blog: Parasite Wonders and submit your answers, comments and questions. Enjoy science! Note from Dr. Pritt: All opinions expressed here are mine and not my employer's. Information provided here is for medical education only. It is not intended [...]
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - February 23, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

CREEPY, DREADFUL, WONDERFUL PARASITES: A Parasitologist's View of the World - Week of March 2, 2015
Every week Bobbi Pritt, M.D., posts a new case, along with the answer to the previous case. Read Dr. Pritt's blog: Parasite Wonders and submit your answers, comments and questions. Enjoy science! Note from Dr. Pritt: All opinions expressed here are mine and not my employer's. Information provided here is for medical education only. It is not intended [...]
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - March 2, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

CREEPY, DREADFUL, WONDERFUL PARASITES: A Parasitologist’s View of the World – Week of June 16, 2015
Every week Bobbi Pritt, M.D., posts a new case, along with the answer to the previous case. Read Dr. Pritt's blog: Parasite Wonders and submit your answers, comments and questions. Enjoy science! Read more about Dr. Pritt's work. Note from Dr. Pritt: All opinions expressed here are mine and not my employer's. Information provided here is for medical education [...]
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - June 18, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

CREEPY, DREADFUL, WONDERFUL PARASITES: A Parasitologist’s View of the World – Week of July 2, 2015
Every week Bobbi Pritt, M.D., posts a new case, along with the answer to the previous case. Read Dr. Pritt's blog: Parasite Wonders and submit your answers, comments and questions. Enjoy science! Read more about Dr. Pritt's work. Note from Dr. Pritt: All opinions expressed here are mine and not my employer's. Information provided here is for medical education [...]
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - July 2, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

CREEPY, DREADFUL, WONDERFUL PARASITES: A Parasitologist’s View of the World – Week of July 6, 2015
Every week Bobbi Pritt, M.D., posts a new case, along with the answer to the previous case. Read Dr. Pritt's blog: Parasite Wonders and submit your answers, comments and questions. Enjoy science! Read more about Dr. Pritt's work. Note from Dr. Pritt: All opinions expressed here are mine and not my employer's. Information provided here is for medical education [...]
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - July 6, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

Combining Public Health Education and Disease Ecology Research: Using Citizen Science to Assess Chagas Disease Entomological Risk in Texas
Conclusions/Significance Citizen science is an efficient approach for generating data on the distribution, phenology, and infection prevalence of kissing bugs—vectors of the Chagas disease parasite—while educating the public and medical community.
Source: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases - December 10, 2015 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Rachel Curtis-Robles et al. Source Type: research

Collection methods of trematode eggs using experimental animal models
Publication date: Available online 12 January 2016 Source:Parasitology International Author(s): Daigo Tsubokawa, Hiromu Sugiyama, Fusako Mikami, Katsumasa Shibata, Toshiyuki Shibahara, Koichi Fukuda, Shinzaburo Takamiya, Hiroshi Yamasaki, Takeshi Nakamura, Naotoshi Tsuji Although observing the eggs of human parasitic helminth is essential for medical education in parasitology, opportunities for collection of the eggs are limited. Collection of the eggs using experimental animal models is needed for a sustainable supply. The metacercariae of three trematode species, Paragonimus westermani, Clonorchis sinensis an...
Source: Parasitology International - January 13, 2016 Category: Parasitology Source Type: research

Protozoan Parasites
Source: Pediatrics in Review - February 1, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Custodio, H. Tags: Medical Education, Journal CME, Infectious Disease Articles Source Type: research

Epidemiological and clinical aspects of patients with hydatid cyst in Iran
This study aims to investigate the clinico-epidemiological characteristics of patients with hydatid cyst in Iran. We used information registered in the surveillance system of the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education attributed to Mazandaran province. Data were entered into SPSS software V.20 after refinement and analyzed using percent frequency, mean, standard deviation and statistical tests such as Chi-square and Exact Fisher tests. Mean (SD), minimum and maximum ages of the participants were 42.2 (17.2), 6 and 72 years respectively. Most of them were female (63.4 %) and mean (SD) number of cysts was 1.6 ±...
Source: Journal of Parasitic Diseases - June 13, 2016 Category: Parasitology Source Type: research