Intestinal parasitic infection as an associated risk factor for severe acute malnutrition in rural children in age group 6m-5 yrs of Raipur district: A case control study [PDF]
Journal of Family Medicine and Primary CareBackground: Malnutrition is a major public health problem in India, particularly in Chhattisgarh State with 18.9% under five children being wasted. Various factors like maternal nutrition, lack of sanitation and recurrent infection including parasitic ...
Pranab Kumar Das +3 more
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A Systematic Review of the Relationship Between Host Personality Traits and Parasitic Infection [PDF]
BiologyParasitism plays an important role in many fundamental ecological processes and is widespread both geographically and taxonomically. Interactions between parasites and hosts are often complex, and much attention has been paid to the relationship between ...
Zhu-Cheng Gao +5 more
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Age and Sex Distribution of Intestinal Parasitic Infection Among HIV Infected Subjects in Abeokuta, Nigeria [PDF]
Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences, 2004 Intestinal parasitic infection has been a major source of disease in tropical countries especially among HIV patients. The distribution of intestinal parasite among two hundred and fifteen (215) subjects with mean age of 32 years, comprising of 35 HIV ...
Herbert Obi Okpala +3 more
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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 +8 more
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Occurrence of Ten Protozoan Enteric Pathogens in Three Non-Human Primate Populations
Pathogens, 2021 Non-human primate populations act as potential reservoirs for human pathogens, including viruses, bacteria and parasites, which can lead to zoonotic infections. Furthermore, intestinal microorganisms may be pathogenic organisms to both non-human primates
Estelle Menu +9 more
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Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2022 Anopheles anthropophagus (Xu and Feng ) is the major vector of malaria in Eastern and Southern China. The species An. anthropophagus is considered a synonym of An.
Wei-ping Liu +11 more
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Microbial biodiversity of natural toothbrushes in Mali
New Microbes and New Infections, 2021 Different oral hygiene practices are used to overcome endemic diseases such as dental caries and oral infections. In Mali (Africa), natural plant-based toothbrushes are used for eliminating bacterial biofilm.
E. Sogodogo +3 more
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Strongyloides stercoralis Hyperinfection in an Immunocompetent Patient: An Unusual Case [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2022 Strongyloides stercoralis is a soil-dwelling nematode causing endemic infection, mostly in immunocompromised individuals, in tropical and subtropical regions.
Sibabrata Bhattacharya +3 more
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microRNAs in parasites and parasite infection [PDF]
RNA Biology, 2013 miRNAs, a subclass of small regulatory RNAs, are present from ancient unicellular protozoans to parasitic helminths and parasitic arthropods. The miRNA-silencing mechanism appears, however, to be absent in a number of protozoan parasites. Protozoan miRNAs and components of their silencing machinery possess features different from other eukaryotes ...
Yadong, Zheng +2 more
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T. gondii strains and their dosage influence the parasitic load in tissues of experimentally infected pigs [PDF]
, 2011 One of the major routes of a Toxoplasma gondii infection in humans is the consumption of raw or undercooked meat. In the present study, we compared the parasitic load induced by 2 different T.
Cox, Eric +6 more
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