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Prevalence and Molecular Characterization of <i>Cryptosporidium</i> Species in Patients With Hematologic Malignancies in Eastern Iran. [PDF]

Int J Microbiol
Introduction Cryptosporidium is a leading protozoan cause of diarrheal disease globally, posing a significant threat to immunocompromised individuals, including patients with hematologic malignancies. This study was aimed at finding out how common Cryptosporidium is, what species and genotypes are present, and what risk factors are linked to patients ...
Solgi R, Mousavi SM, Saeedi S, Firouzeh N, Tavakoli Kareshk A, Davoodi T.   +5 more
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Epidemiological and Biochemical changes of patients infected with Blastocystis hominis and Irritable bowel syndrome

Tikrit Journal of Pure Science, 2023
This study was design to examined fecal samples of patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) to detect a relationship between Blastocystis hominis infection and IBS.
Jaber Aowda Kadhim, Hind Salman Jasim
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Inflammatory pigment epithelial detachment associated with Blastocystis hominis

Philippine Journal of Ophthalmology, 2010
Objective: To describe a case of inflammatory pigment epithelial detachment (PED) presumed to be secondary to the amoeba Blastocystis hominis. Methods: This is an interventional case report.
Ellen N. Yu-Keh, MD, Felipe I. Tolentino MD, Amadeo A.S. Veloso Jr., MD   +2 more
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Subtype analysis of Blastocystis isolates in Swedish patients. [PDF]

, 2012
Blastocystis is a genetically diverse and widespread intestinal parasite of animals and humans with controversial pathogenic potential. At least nine subtypes of Blastocystis have been found in humans.
Clark, G. C.,, Forsell, Joakim,, Evengård, Birgitta,, Granlund, Margareta,, Stensvold, C. R.,, Granlund, M, Forsell, J, Clark, CG, Stensvold, CR, Evengård, B   +9 more
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Water, Water Everywhere, but Every Drop Unique: Challenges in the Science to Understand the Role of Contaminants of Emerging Concern in the Management of Drinking Water Supplies

GeoHealth, Volume 7, Issue 12, December 2023., 2023
Abstract The protection and management of water resources continues to be challenged by multiple and ongoing factors such as shifts in demographic, social, economic, and public health requirements. Physical limitations placed on access to potable supplies include natural and human‐caused factors such as aquifer depletion, aging infrastructure ...
Susan T. Glassmeyer, Emily E. Burns, Michael J. Focazio, Edward T. Furlong, Matthew O. Gribble, Michael A. Jahne, Scott P. Keely, Alison R. Kennicutt, Dana W. Kolpin, Elizabeth K. Medlock Kakaley, Stacy L. Pfaller   +10 more
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Incidencia del blastocystis hominis en estudiantes de la Escuela Fray Ramón Pané en el período Agosto-Septiembre 1997

Ciencia y Sociedad, 1998
El Blastocystis Hominis fue descrito desde 1849, sin embargo, no se consideró parásito sino hasta recientemente en que es incluído en el grupo de los protozoarios por Levine en 1985 (1).
Georgina Espinal, James Willig, Adrian Grullón, Rayza Cruceta   +3 more
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HIV and intestinal parasite co-infections among a Chinese population : an immunological profile [PDF]

, 2013
Parasite infections often result in a switch of the human body's predominant immune reaction from T-helper 1 (Th1)-type to Th2-type. Hence, parasite infections are widely expected to accelerate the progression of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV ...
Wang, Feng-Feng, Peter Steinmann, Xiao-Mei Yin, Tian, Li-Guang, Jian Guo, Cai, Yu-Chun, Mary Dickey, Jia-Xu Chen, Dickey, Mary Kathryn, Li-Guang Tian, Shan Lv, Yu-Chun Cai, Steinmann, Peter, Guo, Jian, Chen, Jia-Xu, Feng-Feng Wang, Lv, Shan, Wang, Tian-Ping, Yin, Xiao-Mei, Tian-Ping Wang   +19 more
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Co-infection of HIV and intestinal parasites in rural area of China [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: Intestinal parasite infections (IPIs) are among the most significant causes of illness and disease of socially and economically disadvantaged populations in developing countries, including rural areas of the People's Republic of China.
Wang, Feng-Feng, Peter Steinmann, Steinmann Peter, Jia-Xu Chen, Li-Guang Tian, Yu-Chun Cai, Guo, Jian, Wang Feng-Feng, Guo Jian, Xiao-Nong Zhou, Zhou, Xiao-Nong, Xiao-Mei Yin, Tian, Li-Guang, Zhou, Li, Jian Guo, Li Zhou, Cai, Yu-Chun, Zhou Xiao-Nong, Tian Li-Guang, Cai Yu-Chun, Wang Tian-Ping, Chen Jia-Xu, Steinmann, Peter, Zhou Li, Chen, Jia-Xu, Feng-Feng Wang, Wang, Tian-Ping, Guo-Jin Cheng, Yin, Xiao-Mei, Cheng Guo-Jin, Yin Xiao-Mei, Tian-Ping Wang, Cheng, Guo-Jin   +32 more
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Prevalence of intestinal protozoa infection among school-aged children on Pemba Island, Tanzania, and effect of single-dose albendazole, nitazoxanide and albendazole-nitazoxanide. [PDF]

, 2013
Pathogenic intestinal protozoa infections are common in school-aged children in the developing world and they are frequently associated with malabsorption syndromes and gastrointestinal morbidity.
Ali, S. M., Shaali M Ame, Jennifer Keiser, Ame, Shaali M, Utzinger, Jürg, Speich, B., Speich, Benjamin, Bogoch, Isaac I, Benjamin Speich, Hanspeter Marti, Isaac I Bogoch, Utzinger, J., Keiser, J., Ame, S. M., Ali, Said M, Bogoch, I. I., Marco Albonico, Marti, H., Marti, Hanspeter, Keiser, Jennifer, Albonico, M., Said M Ali, Albonico, Marco, Jürg Utzinger   +23 more
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Frequency of Blastocystis hominis and other intestinal parasites in stool samples examined at the Parasitology Laboratory of the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the São Paulo State University, Araraquara Freqüência de Blastocystis hominis e outros enteroparasitas em amostras de fezes examinadas no Laboratório de Parasitologia da Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas da Universidade Estadual Paulista, Araraquara

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2008
Blastocystis homins is a protozoan that causes an intestinal infection known as human blastocystosis. This infection is diagnosed by means of parasitological examination of stools and by permanent staining techniques.
Júlio César Miné, João Aristeu da Rosa   +1 more
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