Mascarello, M Gobbi, F Angheben, A Gobbo, M Gaiera, G Pegoraro, M Lanzafame, M Buonfrate, D Concia, E Bisoffi, Z
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Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology
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...
Ferastraoaru, D E Jariwala, N N Jariwala, S P
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Pedroso, R B Tonin, L T D Ueda-Nakamura, T Dias Filho, B P Sarragiotto, M H Nakamura, C V
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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...
Koloren, Z Sotiriadou, I Karanis, P
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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...
Jaeger, L H Brandao, A
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Khademvatan, S Neisi, N Maraghi, S Saki, J
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This study is first report in use of real-time PCR for diagnosis and identification of Leishmania spp. in Iran. Up to now, in Iran, the majority of identification of Leishmania species is restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) of ITS1 and kinetoplast DNA. Our data showed that Giemsa-stained slides that were stored more than 3 years, ca...
Hussain, M M Sohail, M Kumar, R Branch, O H Adak, T Raziuddin, M
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This is the first report on molecular characterization of P. falciparum field isolates from Jharkhand. The genetic diversity and allelic distribution found in this study is somewhat similar to other reports from India and Southeast Asian countries. However, P. falciparum infection can be highly complex and diverse in these disease-endemic regions o...
Joseph, H Maiava, F Naseri, T Silva, U Lammie, P Melrose, W
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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...
Nduka, F O Nwosu, E Oguariri, R M
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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...
Saravu, K Docherla, M Vasudev, A Shastry, B A
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The incidence of thrombocytopenia was similar in vivax and falciparum malaria. The admission platelet count is significantly lower in patients who have hyperparasitaemia and acute renal failure compared to patients without complications.
