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Foodborne Parasitic Diseases in the Neotropics – A Review

open access: yesHelminthologia, 2021
Summary Within the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, it is stated that everyone has the right to an adequate standard of living, which ensures, as well as their family, health and well-being, and food, thereby ensuring adequate nutrition. One of the
F. Chávez-Ruvalcaba   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Intestinal Parasitic Infections among Patients Attending a Tertiary Care Rural Hospital – A Retrospective Analysis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
In developing countries due to lack of sanitary practices, poor socioeconomic conditions and huge population burden, intestinal parasitic infections continue to be a major public health problem.
Sheela Vijaykumari   +2 more
core   +1 more source

INTESTINAL PARASITOSIS AND PEDIATRIC HEPATIC DISEASE: COPROSCOPY AND IMMNO MOLECULAR ASSAYS [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 2018
Parasitic infections in children with liver diseases could be a serious health problem. This study documented a true prevalence of intestinal parasitosis in children with pediatric liver diseases and estimate risk factors for parasitic infection.
MAGD KOTB   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Automated Diagnostics: Advances in the Diagnosis of Intestinal Parasitic Infections in Humans and Animals

open access: yesFrontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021
The increasingly close proximity between people and animals is of great concern for public health, given the risk of exposure to infectious diseases transmitted through animals, which are carriers of more than 60 zoonotic agents.
S. V. Inácio   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Bacterial and parasitic contamination of raw vegetable: potential risk for food-borne diseases

open access: yesInternational Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS), 2022
Food-borne diseases can be transmitted through raw vegetables contaminated with bacteria and intestinal parasites. The study aimed to determine bacteria and intestinal parasites that contaminate raw vegetables in traditional markets.
D. Mufida   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Effects of parasitic infections on clinical outcomes, self-rated quality of life and physical fitness in Côte d'Ivoire [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Background: Hundreds of millions of people in the developing world are at risk of parasitic diseases, such as malaria and neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Health implications due to these diseases are manifold.
Hürlimann, Eveline
core   +1 more source

HIV and intestinal parasite co-infections among a Chinese population : an immunological profile [PDF]

open access: yes, 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   +20 more
core   +1 more source

Diagnosis of neglected tropical diseases among patients with persistent digestive disorders (diarrhoea and/or abdominal pain ≥14 days) : Pierrea multi-country, prospective, non-experimental case-control study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
BACKGROUND: Diarrhoea still accounts for considerable mortality and morbidity worldwide. The highest burden is concentrated in tropical areas where populations lack access to clean water, adequate sanitation and hygiene. In contrast to acute diarrhoea (
Alirol, Emilie   +155 more
core   +2 more sources

The health impact of polyparasitism in humans: are we under-estimating the burden of parasitic diseases? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Parasitic infections are widespread throughout the tropics and sub-tropics, and infection with multiple parasite species is the norm rather than the exception.
Pullan, R, Brooker, S
core   +1 more source

Jejunal perforation caused by abdominal angiostrongyliasis Perfuração jejunal causada por angiostrongilíase abdominal

open access: yesRevista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 1999
The authors describe a case of abdominal angiostrongyliasis in an adult patient presenting acute abdominal pain caused by jejunal perforation. The case was unusual, as this affliction habitually involves the terminal ileum, appendix, cecum or ascending ...
Jaques WAISBERG   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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