Strongyloides stercoralis infection in a patient with sickle cell disease.
Published in Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology
Investigations and comparative detection of Cryptosporidium species by microscopy, nested PCR and LAMP in water supplies...
Published in Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology
A total of 70 water samples, including tap, river, fountain and well water were collected in the Ordu province, Middle Black Sea, Turkey and investigated for the detection of Cryptosporidium oocysts. The samples were directly screened microscopically for Cryptosporidium oocysts' detection by immunofluorescence test and subsequently DNA was extracte...
Epidemiological assessment of continuing transmission of lymphatic filariasis in Samoa.
Published in Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology
Ongoing transmission of lymphatic filariasis (LF) was assessed in five Samoan villages by measuring microfilaraemia (Mf), circulating filarial antigen (CFA) and antibody prevalence. Compared to the other villages, Fasitoo-Tai had a significantly higher Mf prevalence (3·2%), CFA prevalence (14·6%) and antibody prevalence in children (62·0%) (P1% CFA...
Evaluation of the effectiveness and compliance of intermittent preventive treatment (IPT) in the control of malaria in p...
Published in Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology
Controlling malaria in pregnancy has been an important component of the millennium development goal and intermittent preventive treatment (IPT) is considered an important tool in controlling malaria among pregnant women. In this study, we evaluated the level of compliance to IPT use as well as its effect on malaria infection among pregnant women at...
Thrombocytopenia in vivax and falciparum malaria: an observational study of 131 patients in Karnataka, India.
Published in Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology
Thrombocytopenia has been reported in the majority of malaria studies. Some but not all studies suggest the possible role of platelets in the pathology of severe malaria. We assess the association of admission platelet count with malaria complications and mortality in vivax and falciparum malaria. This is a prospective, observational study of patie...
Prevalence of Strongyloides stercoralis infection among HIV-positive immigrants attending two Italian hospitals, from 20...
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In patients with Strongyloides stercoralis infection, a dysregulation of host immunity can lead to hyperinfection syndrome (HS) and disseminated strongyloidiasis (DS), characterized by high fatality rate. HS has been reported in HIV-positive patients following use of corticosteroids or during immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS). A re...
Beta-carboline-3-carboxamide derivatives as promising antileishmanial agents.
Published in Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology
Leishmaniasis has an overwhelming impact on global public health especially in tropical and subtropical countries and the currently available antileishmanial drugs have serious side effects and low efficacy. Natural and synthetic compounds have been tested in the past few years against Leishmania and the beta-carboline class of compounds have shown...
Further characterization of Trypanosoma cruzi strains through a simple sequence repeat (SSR) of ferredoxin-NADP+ reducta...
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Diagnosis and identification of Leishmania spp. from Giemsa-stained slides, by real-time PCR and melting curve analysis ...
Published in Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology
The aim of present study was describing a real-time PCR assay for the diagnosis and direct identification of Leishmania species on Giemsa-stained slides in south-west of Iran. Altogether, 102 Giemsa-stained slides were collected from different part of south-west of Iran between 2008 and 2011. All the Giemsa-stained slides were examined under light ...
Genetic diversity in merozoite surface protein-1 and 2 among Plasmodium falciparum isolates from malarious districts of ...
Published in Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology
The genetic make-up of malaria parasite is potent for understanding the parasite virulence, designing antimalarial vaccine and evaluating the impact of malaria control measures. There is a paucity of information on genetic structure of Plasmodium falciparum in Jharkhand, India where malaria is rampant and this study aimed to establish molecular cha...
