Development of a PCR assay and pyrosequencing for identification of important human fish-borne trematodes and its potential use for detection in fecal specimens [PDF]
, 2014 BACKGROUND: Small liver and minute intestinal flukes are highly prevalent in Southeast Asia. Definitive diagnosis of parasite infection is usually achieved parasitologically by finding the fluke eggs in feces.
Chairat Tantrawatpan +7 more
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Incidence of Paragonimus Metacercariae in Freshwater Crabs in Ammapettai Village: A Pilot Study [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic ResearchIntroduction: Paragonimus westermani is a significant lung fluke parasite that affects humans by causing a disease called paragonimiasis, transmitted through the consumption of inadequately cooked or pickled freshwater crabs (the second intermediate host)
Sunil Kumar Jada +2 more
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Snail Genera Variation in Focus Area of Schistosomiasis Intermediate Snail in Lindu Plateau, Central Sulawesi [PDF]
, 2015 Beberapa penyakit parasitik pada manusia yang disebabkan oleh cacing trematoda seperti schistomiasis, echinostomiasis, paragonimiasis, dan sebagai hospes perantara adalah oleh beberapa anggota famili keong air tawar.
Nurwidayati, A. (Anis)
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Examining human paragonimiasis as a differential diagnosis to tuberculosis in The Gambia
BMC Research Notes, 2018 Objective Paragonimiasis is a foodborne trematode infection of the lungs caused by Paragonimus spp., presenting clinically with similar symptoms to active tuberculosis (TB).
Richard Morter +6 more
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Sushi Delights and Parasites: The Risk of Fishborne and Foodborne Parasitic Zoonoses in Asia [PDF]
, 2017 Because of the worldwide popularization of Japanese cuisine, the traditional Japanese fish dishes sushi and sashimi that are served in Japanese restaurants and sushi bars have been suspected of causing fishborne parasitic zoonoses, especially anisakiasis.
Blum, Johannes +2 more
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Dry pleurisy complicating solitary pulmonary nodules caused by Mycobacterium avium: a case report [PDF]
, 2015 INTRODUCTION: Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) lung disease presenting as a solitary pulmonary nodule (MAC-SPN) is often asymptomatic, is more common in middle to old age, and mimics lung cancer or tuberculoma.
Hiroaki Sugiura +14 more
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Revista Peruana de Biología, 2014 En los meses de febrero y julio de 1973 se colectaron cangrejos del Valle de Condebamba (Cajamarca) correspondientes a Pseudothelphusa chilensis, 69 de ellos (34 machos y 35 hembras) fueron examinados, buscando metacercarias de Paragonimus; 22 (64.7%)
Manuel Tantaleán V. +2 more
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Guide to the freshwater fauna of Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Supplement 4 [PDF]
, 1974 In the present supplement, where records in the past have been few in a group, new records are given of localities both as regards species previously recorded from Sri Lanka and especially for new records. This gives the new records more standing and may
Fernando, C.H.
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Fasciolopsis buski (Digenea: Fasciolidae) from China and India may represent distinct taxa based on mitochondrial and nuclear ribosomal DNA sequences [PDF]
Sequences of primers used to amplify fragments of Fasciolopsis buski mitochondrial genome.
Guo-Hua Liu +6 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.
Albonico, Marco +7 more
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