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Factors associated with high prevalence of intestinal protozoan infections among patients in Sana'a City, Yemen. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2011
BACKGROUND: Intestinal protozoan diseases in Yemen are a significant health problem with prevalence ranging from 18% to 27%. The present study is a cross-sectional study aimed at determining the factors associated with the high prevalence of intestinal ...
Naelah A Alyousefi, Mohammed A K Mahdy, Rohela Mahmud, Yvonne A L Lim   +3 more
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Prevalence of intestinal protozoan infections among individuals living with HIV/AIDS at Felegehiwot Referral Hospital, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2015
Background: HIV infection continues to pose a serious challenge to global health by predisposing patients to opportunistic infections. A cross-sectional study was conducted from December 2012 to February 2013 to assess the enteric protozoan infection ...
Habtom Kiros, Endalkachew Nibret, Abaineh Munshea, Bizuayehu Kerisew, Melaku Adal   +4 more
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Prevalence and Risk Factors for Intestinal Protozoan Infections with Cryptosporidium, Giardia, Blastocystis and Dientamoeba among Schoolchildren in Tripoli, Lebanon.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2016
BackgroundIntestinal protozoan infections are confirmed as major causes of diarrhea, particularly in children, and represent a significant, but often neglected, threat to public health.
Marwan Osman, Dima El Safadi, Amandine Cian, Sadia Benamrouz, Céline Nourrisson, Philippe Poirier, Bruno Pereira, Romy Razakandrainibe, Anthony Pinon, Céline Lambert, Ivan Wawrzyniak, Fouad Dabboussi, Frederic Delbac, Loïc Favennec, Monzer Hamze, Eric Viscogliosi, Gabriela Certad   +16 more
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Frequency of intestinal parasites in patients attended at a university hospital in Maceió, state of Alagoas, Brazil

Bioscience Journal, 2020
The aim of this study was to analyze the parasitological tests of a population at a public hospital in Maceió-AL. A descriptive study was made between January and July of 2015 analyzing the parasitological tests of a population at a public hospital in ...
José Rayron Oliveira de Araújo, Ramon Manoel Sabino Cavalcante, Antônio de Pádua Medeiros de Carvalho Neto, Karwhory Wallas Lins da Silva, Sandra Regina Guimarães Silva, José Rodrigo da Silva Ferreira, Marília Gabriela dos Santos Cavalcanti, Thiago José Matos-Rocha   +7 more
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Regulatory Functions of Hypoxia in Host–Parasite Interactions: A Focus on Enteric, Tissue, and Blood Protozoa

Microorganisms, 2023
Body tissues are subjected to various oxygenic gradients and fluctuations and hence can become transiently hypoxic. Hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) is the master transcriptional regulator of the cellular hypoxic response and is capable of modulating ...
Emily DeMichele, Olivia Sosnowski, Andre G. Buret, Thibault Allain   +3 more
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Macropinocytosis: a pathway to protozoan infection [PDF]

Frontiers in Physiology, 2015
Among the various endocytic mechanisms in mammalian cells, macropinocytosis involves internalization of large amounts of plasma membrane together with extracellular medium, leading to macropinosome formation. These structures are formed when plasma membrane ruffles are assembled after actin filament rearrangement.
Tecia Maria Ulisses Carvalho, Emile Santos Barrias, Wanderley eDe Souza, Wanderley eDe Souza   +3 more
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Prevalence of protozoan parasitic infections in domestic dogs in Andhra Pradesh, India

Indian Journal of Animal Sciences, 2020
Faecal (2,250) and blood samples (1,350) of dogs received from Teaching Veterinary Clinical Complex (TVCC), Gannavaram, Veterinary Hospitals in and around Krishna district and nearby Krishna, Andhra Pradesh during last five years (January 2014 to ...
C SREEDEVI, CH. JYOTHISREE, J JAYALAKSHMI   +2 more
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Water- borne protozoan parasitic infections

Journal of the College of Community Physicians, 2002
Contamination of drinking water by human and animal excreta is a major public health problem the world over. A number of serious protozoan parasitic infections are transmitted to humans by way of contaminated drinking water.
J. S. Edirisinghe
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Socio-demographic influences on the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections among workers in Qatar

Parasites & Vectors, 2021
Background The rapid growth of Qatar in the last two decades has been associated with an enormous expansion of building programs in its cities and in the provision of new service industries.
Nadin Younes, Jerzy M. Behnke, Ahmed Ismail, Marawan A. Abu-Madi   +3 more
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Molecular Detection of Soil-Transmitted Helminths and Enteric Protozoa Infection in Children and Its Association with Household Water and Sanitation in Manhiça District, Southern Mozambique

Pathogens, 2021
Intestinal parasite infections can have detrimental health consequences in children. In Mozambique, soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections are controlled through mass drug administration since 2011, but no specific control program exists for enteric ...
Berta Grau-Pujol, Inocencia Cuamba, Chenjerai Jairoce, Anelsio Cossa, Juliana Da Silva, Charfudin Sacoor, Carlota Dobaño, Augusto Nhabomba, Rojelio Mejia, Jose Muñoz   +9 more
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