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Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections among university female students, Gaza, Palestine [PDF]

, 2019
The intestinal parasites are still endemic among children, women, and men in Gaza Strip. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study of intestinal parasites among young female students of Islamic University of Gaza to report the existence and ...
Abu Qassem, RR, Al-Hindi, A, Alshammari, AEM, El-Egla, GO, Redwan, AA   +4 more
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Differentiation of Korean isolates of Entamoeba histolytica from Entamoeba dispar [PDF]

The Korean Journal of Parasitology, 1996
Cysts of Entamoeba histolytica are still found from humans in Korea, but not all of the cysts are known as pathogenic. The non-pathogenic strain is regarded as a different species, E. dispar. In this study, Korean isolates of conventional E. histolytica were subjected for the differentiation by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and restriction fragment ...
S C Choe, M Lee, S K Lee, K Im, E Tannich, S H Lee, S T Hong   +6 more
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Gut microbiota related to Giardia duodenalis, Entamoeba spp. and Blastocystis hominis infections in humans from Côte d'Ivoire. [PDF]

, 2016
INTRODUCTION: Literature data provide little information about protozoa infections and gut microbiota compositional shifts in humans. This preliminary study aimed to describe the fecal bacterial community composition of people from Côte d'Ivoire ...
Berrilli, F, D'Alfonso, R., Di Cave, D, Di Cristanziano, V, Iebba, Valerio, Monsia, A, Pantanella, Fabrizio, Santangelo, Floriana, Schippa, Serena, Totino, Valentina   +9 more
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Prevalence and distribution of Entamoeba species in a rural community in northern South Africa

Food and Waterborne Parasitology, 2020
Amoebiasis occurs worldwide and affects about 20–50 million people annually. Stool samples were collected from patients attending different rural clinics in Northern South Africa in the present study. Microscopic examination was performed for the initial
Amidou Samie, Leah Mahlaule, Peter Mbati, Tomoyoshi Nozaki, Ali ElBakri   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mini-FLOTAC, an Innovative Direct Diagnostic Technique for Intestinal Parasitic Infections: Experience from the Field. [PDF]

, 2013
Soil-transmitted helminths and intestinal protozoa infection are widespread in developing countries, yet an accurate diagnosis is rarely performed.
Albonico, Marco, Barda, Beatrice Divina, Clementi, Massimo, Cringoli, Giuseppe, Ianniello, Davide, Rinaldi, Laura, Sadutshang, Tsetan, Salvo, Fulvio, Zepherine, Henry   +8 more
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Intestinal protozoa and helminths among Terena Indians in the State of Mato Grosso do Sul: high prevalence of Blastocystis hominis Protozoários e helmintos intestinais entre índios Terena do Estado do Mato Grosso do Sul: alta prevalência de Blastocystis hominis

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2007
A parasitological survey was carried out among Terena Indians living in the Tereré settlement in the municipality of Sidrolândia, State of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.
José Ivan Albuquerque Aguiar, Alessandra Queiroga Gonçalves, Fernando Campos Sodré, Severino dos Ramos Pereira, Márcio Neves Bóia, Elba Regina Sampaio de Lemos, Roberto Ruhman Daher   +6 more
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A Prevalence study of Entamoeba spp. in Basrah Province using Different Detection Methods

مجلة بغداد للعلوم, 2021
This study aims to determine the prevalence of Entamoeba histolytica, Entamoeba dispar and Entamoeba moshkovskii by three methods of diagnosis (microscopic examination, cultivation and PCR) that were compared to obtain an accurate diagnosis of Entamoeba ...
Athraa Abd-ulameer Al-Hilfy, Maha Khalil Al-Malak, Muslim Abdulrahman Al-Tomah   +2 more
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Validation and utilization of PCR for differential diagnosis and prevalence determination of Entamoeba histolytica/Entamoeba dispar in Salvador City, Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2011
Amoebiasis is an infection caused by Entamoeba histolytica and is a potential health risk in countries in which health barriers are inappropriate. Since the discovery of Entamoeba dispar, the prevalence of amoebiasis has been modified.
Fred Luciano Neves Santos, MSc, PhD Student, Marilda de Souza Gonçalves, PhD; Professor, Neci Matos Soares, PhD; Professor   +2 more
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Clinical and microscopic predictors of Entamoeba histolytica intestinal infection in travelers and migrants diagnosed with Entamoeba histolytica/dispar infection. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2018
BACKGROUND:Amebiasis is a protozoal infection caused by Entamoeba histolytica, while the morphologically indistinguishable E. dispar is considered as non-pathogenic. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays are necessary to differentiate both species.
Steven Van Den Broucke, Jacob Verschueren, Marjan Van Esbroeck, Emmanuel Bottieau, Jef Van den Ende   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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.
Albonico, Marco, Ali, Said M, Ame, Shaali M, Bogoch, Isaac I, Keiser, Jennifer, Marti, Hanspeter, Speich, Benjamin, Utzinger, Jürg   +7 more
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