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Opportunistic Protozoan Infections of Carnivores

Folia Veterinaria, 2017
Giardiasis and cryptosporidiosis are protozoan infections of the digestive tract and one of the most frequent causes of enteritis in dogs and cats, associated with acute and chronic diarrhoea.
Mravcová K., Ferko M., Štrkolcová G., Goldová M.   +3 more
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Frequency of intestinal protozoan infections diagnosed in patients from a clinical analysis laboratory [PDF]

Bioscience Journal, 2022
This study aimed to determine the frequency of infection by intestinal protozoa diagnosed in patients from a clinical analysis laboratory in Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil.
Tarciane Lilia dos Santos, Antônio de Pádua Medeiros de Carvalho Neto, José Rodrigo da Silva Ferreira, Paulo Victor Muniz Azevedo, Karwhory Wallas Lins da Silva, Cícera Maria Alencar dos Nascimento, Claudia Maria Lins Calheiros, Flaviana Santos Wanderley, Marília Gabriela dos Santos Cavalcanti, Mabel Alencar do Nascimento Rocha, Thiago José Matos- Rocha   +10 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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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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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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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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Immunology and Infection by Protozoan Parasites [PDF]

Mediators of Inflammation, 2015
Protozoan infection is the cause of diseases of high morbidity and mortality. Most are non-self-limiting chronic infections and neglected diseases; emergent antimicrobial-resistant strains pose a substantial problem; for many of them treatment either is highly toxic or has limited effectiveness.
Edecio Cunha-Neto, Christophe Chevillard, Mauricio Martins Rodrigues, Marcelo T. Bozza   +3 more
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Prevalence of intestinal parasites and risk factors forspecific and multiple helminth infections in a remote city of the Brazilian Amazon

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2016
: INTRODUCTION: Few studies have described the risk factors of intestinal parasitic infections in the Amazon. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was performed in a City of the State of Amazonas (Brazil) to estimate the prevalence of intestinal parasites
Alessandra Queiroga Gonçalves, Angela Cristina Verissimo Junqueira, Rosa Abellana, Patricia Comella del Barrio, Wagner Cosme Morhy Terrazas, Fernando Campos Sodré, Márcio Neves Bóia, Carlos Ascaso   +7 more
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